Coconut bowls

Museum number:
9-14627a-d
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3138 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
Bowls, carved coconut shell with pewter lining with globular, short-turned feet. Each has similar low relief carved decoration representing various foliage, birds, and buildings (pagodas). Incised detail. Diamond-scalloped pattern nr. foot. Height (a-d) 5.1 cm. Diameter: 10.6cm. (d) has crack in bottom.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Materials:
Pewter (tin alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Coconut bowls, accession number 9-14627a-d, described as Bowls, carved coconut shell with pewter lining with globular, short-turned feet. Each has similar low relief carved decoration representing various foliage, birds, and buildings (pagodas). Incised detail. Diamond-scalloped pattern nr. foot. Height (a-d) 5.1 cm. Diameter: 10.6cm. (d) has crack in bottom.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Coconut bowls, accession number 9-14627a-d, described as Bowls, carved coconut shell with pewter lining with globular, short-turned feet. Each has similar low relief carved decoration representing various foliage, birds, and buildings (pagodas). Incised detail. Diamond-scalloped pattern nr. foot. Height (a-d) 5.1 cm. Diameter: 10.6cm. (d) has crack in bottom.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coconut bowls, accession number 9-14627a-d, described as Bowls, carved coconut shell with pewter lining with globular, short-turned feet. Each has similar low relief carved decoration representing various foliage, birds, and buildings (pagodas). Incised detail. Diamond-scalloped pattern nr. foot. Height (a-d) 5.1 cm. Diameter: 10.6cm. (d) has crack in bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coconut bowls, accession number 9-14627a-d, described as Bowls, carved coconut shell with pewter lining with globular, short-turned feet. Each has similar low relief carved decoration representing various foliage, birds, and buildings (pagodas). Incised detail. Diamond-scalloped pattern nr. foot. Height (a-d) 5.1 cm. Diameter: 10.6cm. (d) has crack in bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coconut bowls, accession number 9-14627a-d, described as Bowls, carved coconut shell with pewter lining with globular, short-turned feet. Each has similar low relief carved decoration representing various foliage, birds, and buildings (pagodas). Incised detail. Diamond-scalloped pattern nr. foot. Height (a-d) 5.1 cm. Diameter: 10.6cm. (d) has crack in bottom.

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