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Object Number
99-12-70/53571
Display Title
Human effigy bowl
Descriptions
Object Description
Carved elliptical bowl...is supported at each end by a human figure looking upward... [T]he arms and legs project inward under the bowl to meet in the middle line. It is labled as a "wooden dish" and may have been used as the individual meat dish of a chief or even as an "'awa" drinking bowl.
Inventory Description
Bowl, oval, supported by 2 anthropomorphic figures, cracked, worn
Classification
- Bowl
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 31 x 13.7 x 9.3 cm (12 3/16 x 5 3/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53571
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.24219D | Wooden dish - probably "awa" bowl |
Hawaii
| ||
| 2004.24.24219C | Wooden dish - probably "awa" bowl |
Hawaii
| ||
| 2004.24.24219E | Wooden dish - probably "awa" bowl |
Hawaii
| ||
| 2004.24.24219A | Wooden dish - probably "awa" bowl |
Hawaii
| ||
| 2004.24.24219B | Wooden dish - probably "awa" bowl |
Hawaii
| ||
| 72-23-30/6684 | Ceramic, earthenware partial vessel, circular-shaped, flared foot, concave rim sloping inwards towards circular opening |
Partial Vessel
|
Pacoval
| |
| 2004.24.17252A | Wooden dish proabably awa bowl |
Hawaii
| ||
| 2004.24.17252B | Wooden dish probably an awa bowl |
Hawaii
| ||
| 47-73-70/2842 | Betel nut mortar - supported by carved wooden figure |
Sculpture
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 85-7-70/37649 | 'Awa dish |
Dish
|
Honolulu County
| |
| 85-7-70/37647 | 'Awa dish |
Bowl
|
Honolulu County
| |
| 33-56-20/2314 | Calabash vessel for drinking water - even used as general food dish with carved |
Bowl
|
Darien
|