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Object Number
985-17-50/12067
Display Title
Milk bowl
Descriptions
Object Description
Milk bowl. Round lopsided wood bowl, leather handle knotted in a hole on side. Native mends with metal strips. 4 ridges carved inside the bowl. Bowl acquired from nomad from the Sahara at the market at Gao, Mali. Diam: 23.7 cm, Ht. 12.2 cm.
Inventory Description
Bowl, carved wood, ridged int, leather loop at rim, mended withscraps of metal
Classification
- Bowl
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Tuareg
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Mali
Additional Geographic Terms
Sahara
Materials
Wood, Brass, Metal, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 23.8 x 23.9 cm (4 3/4 x 9 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-17-50/12067
Provenance
Collector
Robin H. Mix
(1985)
Collector
Kendall A. Mix
(1985)
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