Wooden bowl

Museum number:
11-40986
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2519
Description:
Bowl; wood carved in shallow form resembling turtle’s shell; tapers at each end where handles protrude; lines carving on each end on back with middle portion smooth and slightly depressed. Used for a variety of purposes involving food, i.e., preparation, serving, storage. 56 cm long.
Donor:
Daniel L. Adler
Collection place:
Manam Island, Madang Province, Momase Region
Verbatim coll. place:
Vulcan Island
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Daniel L. Adler
Collection date:
before 1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Wooden bowl, accession number 11-40986, described as Bowl; wood carved in shallow form resembling turtle’s shell; tapers at each end where handles protrude; lines carving on each end on back with middle portion smooth and slightly depressed. Used for a variety of purposes involving food, i.e., preparation, serving, storage. 56 cm long.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Wooden bowl, accession number 11-40986, described as Bowl; wood carved in shallow form resembling turtle’s shell; tapers at each end where handles protrude; lines carving on each end on back with middle portion smooth and slightly depressed. Used for a variety of purposes involving food, i.e., preparation, serving, storage. 56 cm long.

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