bowl
- Museum number
- Oc1903,0404.71
- Description
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Bowl, (pitchi), of wood (bean tree), concave oval shape with sides curving slightly inwards, grooved longitudinally on the inside and out, coated with red ochre.
- Dimensions
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Height: 13 centimetres
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Width: 50.10 centimetres
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Depth: 19.70 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Pencil note on object 'BK' indicating Barrow Creek. Information from Philip Jones May 2010: The code used for telegraph stations took the first and last letters of the place in which it was located.
MSS 43.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1972-1982 23 Jun-28 Feb, London, BM, Museum of Mankind, The Aborigines of Australia
- Acquisition date
- 1903
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1903,0404.71