Bowl, lid

Museum number:
5-2643a-d
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21052643a@2dd
Alternate number:
1962-35 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1685
Description:
Double wooden bowl. A) Ovate wooden bowl; black; porridge container 11 1/2'' (29.21 cm) length. B) Lid with hollowed top; 11 3/4'' (29.21 cm) length. C) Small ovate bowl set into lid (B); container for meat, vegetables, relish, etc.; 8 1/2'' length. D) Lid for (C); carved design on lid; 9'' length. Native name: Naketa (Lozi). Made and used by men only. The two bowls are placed side by side and the men eat from them, a lump of porridge is dipped in the relish. Bottom bowl has thick porridge, (buhole), top bowl used for relish (meat, fish, vegetables, etc.) busunso. The thick porridge is served twice a day in Basutoland, at noon in the towns. Made of mukwa wood. Lozi tribe.
Donor:
Bonnie B. Keller and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Northern Rhodesia; African Craft Village; Livingstone; Lozi tribes
Collector:
Bonnie B. Keller
Collection date:
August 1962
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl, lid, accession number 5-2643a-d, described as Double wooden bowl. A) Ovate wooden bowl; black; porridge container 11 1/2'' (29.21 cm) length. B) Lid with hollowed top; 11 3/4'' (29.21 cm) length. C) Small ovate bowl set into lid (B); container for meat, vegetables, relish, etc.; 8 1/2'' length. D) Lid for (C); carved design on lid; 9'' length. Native name: Naketa (Lozi). Made and used by men only. The two bowls are placed side by side and the men eat from them, a lump of porridge is dipped in the relish. Bottom bowl has thick porridge, (buhole), top bowl used for relish (meat, fish, vegetables, etc.) busunso. The thick porridge is served twice a day in Basutoland, at noon in the towns. Made of mukwa wood. Lozi tribe.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl, lid, accession number 5-2643a-d, described as Double wooden bowl. A) Ovate wooden bowl; black; porridge container 11 1/2'' (29.21 cm) length. B) Lid with hollowed top; 11 3/4'' (29.21 cm) length. C) Small ovate bowl set into lid (B); container for meat, vegetables, relish, etc.; 8 1/2'' length. D) Lid for (C); carved design on lid; 9'' length. Native name: Naketa (Lozi). Made and used by men only. The two bowls are placed side by side and the men eat from them, a lump of porridge is dipped in the relish. Bottom bowl has thick porridge, (buhole), top bowl used for relish (meat, fish, vegetables, etc.) busunso. The thick porridge is served twice a day in Basutoland, at noon in the towns. Made of mukwa wood. Lozi tribe.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, lid, accession number 5-2643a-d, described as Double wooden bowl. A) Ovate wooden bowl; black; porridge container 11 1/2'' (29.21 cm) length. B) Lid with hollowed top; 11 3/4'' (29.21 cm) length. C) Small ovate bowl set into lid (B); container for meat, vegetables, relish, etc.; 8 1/2'' length. D) Lid for (C); carved design on lid; 9'' length. Native name: Naketa (Lozi). Made and used by men only. The two bowls are placed side by side and the men eat from them, a lump of porridge is dipped in the relish. Bottom bowl has thick porridge, (buhole), top bowl used for relish (meat, fish, vegetables, etc.) busunso. The thick porridge is served twice a day in Basutoland, at noon in the towns. Made of mukwa wood. Lozi tribe.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, lid, accession number 5-2643a-d, described as Double wooden bowl. A) Ovate wooden bowl; black; porridge container 11 1/2'' (29.21 cm) length. B) Lid with hollowed top; 11 3/4'' (29.21 cm) length. C) Small ovate bowl set into lid (B); container for meat, vegetables, relish, etc.; 8 1/2'' length. D) Lid for (C); carved design on lid; 9'' length. Native name: Naketa (Lozi). Made and used by men only. The two bowls are placed side by side and the men eat from them, a lump of porridge is dipped in the relish. Bottom bowl has thick porridge, (buhole), top bowl used for relish (meat, fish, vegetables, etc.) busunso. The thick porridge is served twice a day in Basutoland, at noon in the towns. Made of mukwa wood. Lozi tribe.

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