Wooden bowl

Museum number:
5-1474
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Alternate number:
11-579 (original number)
Description:
Flaring wooden bowl; flat lip with worn incised geometric design; iron mends in cracks; rim diameter 37.5 cm. Materials, techniques: Carved wood, iron wire. Context of use: food preparation; cf. 5-241.
Collection place:
Northern Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
North Africa; Tuareg attrib.
Culture or time period:
Tuareg
Collector:
Harold Heath
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Wooden bowl, accession number 5-1474, described as Flaring wooden bowl; flat lip with worn incised geometric design; iron mends in cracks; rim diameter 37.5 cm. Materials, techniques: Carved wood, iron wire. Context of use: food preparation; cf. 5-241.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Wooden bowl, accession number 5-1474, described as Flaring wooden bowl; flat lip with worn incised geometric design; iron mends in cracks; rim diameter 37.5 cm. Materials, techniques: Carved wood, iron wire. Context of use: food preparation; cf. 5-241.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden bowl, accession number 5-1474, described as Flaring wooden bowl; flat lip with worn incised geometric design; iron mends in cracks; rim diameter 37.5 cm. Materials, techniques: Carved wood, iron wire. Context of use: food preparation; cf. 5-241.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden bowl, accession number 5-1474, described as Flaring wooden bowl; flat lip with worn incised geometric design; iron mends in cracks; rim diameter 37.5 cm. Materials, techniques: Carved wood, iron wire. Context of use: food preparation; cf. 5-241.

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