Food preparation bowl

Museum number:
5-16912a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4748
Description:
Round, wooden food preparation bowl with flat decorated lip (5.5 cm wide). Bowl is broken through the centre into 2 pieces. A tin can patch on the rim repaired a large chip. Rim decoration consists of geometric designs and incised lines bordering both sides of the lip. 2 small knobs on exterior.
Donor:
Robert I. Orlins
Collection place:
Sudan
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Sudan, Korosko Village
Collector:
Robert I. Orlins
Collection date:
1964-1965
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Accession date:
February 8, 2005
Context of use:
Household or personal care
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 42 centimeters and height 14.4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Food preparation bowl, accession number 5-16912a,b, described as Round, wooden food preparation bowl with flat decorated lip (5.5 cm wide). Bowl is broken through the centre into 2 pieces. A tin can patch on the rim repaired a large chip. Rim decoration consists of geometric designs and incised lines bordering both sides of the lip. 2 small knobs on exterior.

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