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Object Number
987-19-50/12088
Display Title
One small "square" wooden bowl
Descriptions
Object Description
One small "square" wooden bowl; two holes burned (with spear) for goat skin strap. for containing food (blood, milk or gruel) or carrying water, or for milking into. outside of bowl incised w/ grid-like line making a cross on bottom. Intersecting point of cross is left clear. 19.7 x10 cm.
Inventory Description
Bowl, carved wood, round base, rectangular/incurving rim, incised, leather str
Classification
- Bowl
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Akuuba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Kenya
/
Western Turkana
Materials
Wood, Leather, Pigment, Skin
Dimensions
Overall: 7.5 x 19.2 x 10.1 cm (2 15/16 x 7 9/16 x 4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
987-19-50/12088
Provenance
Collector
Barbara Isaac
(6/87 - 7/7/87)
Donor
Barbara Isaac
(6/87 - 7/7/87)
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