bowl
- Museum number
- Am1989,13.127.w
- Description
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Miniature bowl; made of varnished papier mâché; round with flattened bottom, sides sloping at 45-degree angle; painted orange with black stripes; notch for handle on either side of bowl; green and brown papier mâché food inside bowl. Used in Day of the Dead Festival.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 3.50 centimetres
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Width: 12.50 centimetres
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Depth: 10 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1991, London, Museum of Mankind, 'The Skeleton at the Feast: The Day of the Dead' in the 'Apocalypse' section.
- Associated events
- Used at: Day of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1989
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1989,13.127.w