Bowl

Museum number:
11-40751
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Accession number:
Acc.2530
Description:
bowl; deep, wide wood bowl with encircling band; band, carved in low relief, is two horizontal lines in segments broken by X-like design; undulating rim; 4 feet (2 pairs, each connected by V-shaped carving); probably food preparation bowl. Insecticide bar found inside bowl, stained surface (rectangular shape stain) 4/27/12 AT.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Admiralty Islands, Manus Province, Bismarck Archipelago
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 11-40751, described as bowl; deep, wide wood bowl with encircling band; band, carved in low relief, is two horizontal lines in segments broken by X-like design; undulating rim; 4 feet (2 pairs, each connected by V-shaped carving); probably food preparation bowl. Insecticide bar found inside bowl, stained surface (rectangular shape stain) 4/27/12 AT.

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