finger-bowl
- Museum number
- Oc1898,-.23
- Description
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Shallow oval bowl of kou wood. At one end is a projecting hook handle. On the inside is a small projecting ridge.
- Dimensions
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Height: 7.50 centimetres
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Length: 37 centimetres
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Width: 19 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register slip comment:
'Ipu holoi lima - bowl for washing fingers after eating poi.'
- Location
- On display (G1/wp97)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1975 – 1985 12 Dec-23 Jun, London, BM, Museum of Mankind, Hawaii
- Acquisition date
- 1898
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1898,-.23
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1898C3.23 (old CDMS no.)
