Wood bowl

Museum number:
5-11505
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2879
Description:
Wood bowl, Nigeria, unspecified. July 27, 1972. 5-11505, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Block of wood hollowed into bowl shape; surfaces blackened Context of use: To gold food and other substances Description: Bowl, wood; single piece of wood hollowed out, blackened on entire surface; 22.5 cm. diameter; 9.8 cm. deep
Donor:
Thomas D. Lanagan and W. H. Lawson
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria unspec.
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection date:
July 27, 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
July 27, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wood bowl, accession number 5-11505, described as Wood bowl, Nigeria, unspecified. July 27, 1972. 5-11505, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Block of wood hollowed into bowl shape; surfaces blackened Context of use: To gold food and other substances Description: Bowl, wood; single piece of wood hollowed out, blackened on entire surface; 22.5 cm. diameter; 9.8 cm. deep
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wood bowl, accession number 5-11505, described as Wood bowl, Nigeria, unspecified. July 27, 1972. 5-11505, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Block of wood hollowed into bowl shape; surfaces blackened Context of use: To gold food and other substances Description: Bowl, wood; single piece of wood hollowed out, blackened on entire surface; 22.5 cm. diameter; 9.8 cm. deep

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