bowl
- Museum number
- Af1971,36.103.a
- Description
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Calabash bowl with lid, not cut from the same calabash.
- Production date
- 1971
- Dimensions
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Height: 12.70 centimetres (a+b)
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Height: 7.90 centimetres (a)
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Height: 4.60 centimetres (b)
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Width: 13 centimetres (a)
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Width: 13.60 centimetres (b)
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Depth: 13 centimetres (a)
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Depth: 13.50 centimetres (b)
- Curator's comments
- (comment by John Picton, transcribed from the acquisition register)
Origo, bowl and lid purchased 17.8.71 at Ogaminana market, Igbirra. Used for serving food (eg a stew or soup of some kind) and eating out of; these examples are new and unused. A single portion of yam might be served in Af1971,26.104.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1971
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1971,36.103.a