bowl
- Museum number
- Oc.7269
- Description
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Carved oval bowl of wood with four feet.
- Production date
- 19thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 14 centimetres
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Width: 29.50 centimetres
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Depth: 25.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Christy collection registration slip description, written in 1871?:
Oval bowl carved out of cinnamon coloured wood (the same wood that the handles of the "state adzes" from Mangaia are made of). Standing on four low lozenge shaped feet and carved all over...
'Mr Hirt said this was also obtained at "Manihiki" or Humphrey's Island & was made for him by order of the King by natives of the Id. ....'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1871
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc.7269
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1871C1.7269 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1871C0425.3
