bowl
- Museum number
- Oc1979,07.60
- Description
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Wood food bowl, circular with flat base, carved rim and handle carved in low relief on opposite sides.
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 39.80 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1979:
Wood bowl, circular with flat base, carved rim and handle carved in low relief on opposite sides.
Ethnographical collection from Papua New Guinea. All pieces collected by the vendor in the field within the last thirty years.
See Eth.Doc.1179.
'Food bowl given by Chief UWAILASI of TOBOWADA village. Kiriwina Island 1959.'
KIRIWINA Island, TROBRIAND Islands, MILNE BAY Province.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Acquisition notes
- Register information: 'Given by Chief Uwailasi of Tobowada village, Kiriwina Island 1959.'
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1979,07.60
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 65 (Collectors number)