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Object Number 51-60-50/8839
Display Title Fragment of oval wooden dish, perforated for suspension - used in serving food
Descriptions
Inventory Description Dish, fragment, perforation at one end, cracks
Classification
  • Dish
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San
  • Herero
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Epata, 57 mi. east of; Eiseb, along
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 6.5 x 26.3 x 14.2 cm (2 9/16 x 10 3/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51-60-50/8839
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (Summer 1951)

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