Bowl

Museum number:
5-7940
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
13 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2175
Description:
Bowl; ceramic; double funnel shaped; with incised dots in geometric design center section; totally fire blackened; broken and repaired several places; height: 11 cm; diameter: 12 cm. Made of fired, non-glassed clay. Context of use unknown.
Donor:
Jay Nolan and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Bokeza village, Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia; Bokeza village (near Zorzor) Loma
Culture or time period:
Loma
Collection date:
1964-65
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl, accession number 5-7940, described as Bowl; ceramic; double funnel shaped; with incised dots in geometric design center section; totally fire blackened; broken and repaired several places; height: 11 cm; diameter: 12 cm. Made of fired, non-glassed clay. Context of use unknown.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl, accession number 5-7940, described as Bowl; ceramic; double funnel shaped; with incised dots in geometric design center section; totally fire blackened; broken and repaired several places; height: 11 cm; diameter: 12 cm. Made of fired, non-glassed clay. Context of use unknown.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 5-7940, described as Bowl; ceramic; double funnel shaped; with incised dots in geometric design center section; totally fire blackened; broken and repaired several places; height: 11 cm; diameter: 12 cm. Made of fired, non-glassed clay. Context of use unknown.

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