Flat based, carved, natural wood bowl, with flat base and outward sloping, straight, sides. Interior walls are decorated with four, wood burned "X"s . Flat lip is darkened. 1957.
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson
Collection place:
Gwembe Valley, Zambia
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Zambia, Gwembe, Tonga, Chipepo Chieftan.
Culture or time period:
Tonga people of Zambia and Zimbabwe
Collector:
Elizabeth Colson
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
September 9, 2011
Context of use:
For food.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 8 centimeters and diameter 23.8 centimeters