Bowl

Museum number:
9-20439
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090020439
Alternate number:
34
Accession number:
Acc.4416
Description:
Bowl, brass; sloping sides, flat rim; pedestal in center inside, with 40 pendants attached to riml incised designs in and outside bowl; rim diameter 20 centimeters x height 6.2 centimeters.
Donor:
Elizabeth Rees and Estate of Mabel Nelson Murray
Collection place:
Iran (Persia)
Verbatim coll. place:
Middle East, Iran attributed
Collector:
Mabel Nelson Murray
Collection date:
1989
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Bowl, accession number 9-20439, described as Bowl, brass; sloping sides, flat rim; pedestal in center inside, with 40 pendants attached to riml incised designs in and outside bowl; rim diameter 20 centimeters x height 6.2 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Bowl, accession number 9-20439, described as Bowl, brass; sloping sides, flat rim; pedestal in center inside, with 40 pendants attached to riml incised designs in and outside bowl; rim diameter 20 centimeters x height 6.2 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Bowl, accession number 9-20439, described as Bowl, brass; sloping sides, flat rim; pedestal in center inside, with 40 pendants attached to riml incised designs in and outside bowl; rim diameter 20 centimeters x height 6.2 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Bowl, accession number 9-20439, described as Bowl, brass; sloping sides, flat rim; pedestal in center inside, with 40 pendants attached to riml incised designs in and outside bowl; rim diameter 20 centimeters x height 6.2 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-20439, described as Bowl, brass; sloping sides, flat rim; pedestal in center inside, with 40 pendants attached to riml incised designs in and outside bowl; rim diameter 20 centimeters x height 6.2 centimeters.

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