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Object Number
975-12-70/5439
Display Title
Very large food bowl, accompanied by a pestle, head of pestle has linear incisin
Descriptions
Object Description
Very large food bowl, accompanied by a pestle, head of pestle has linear incising. Inventory describes as fish-hook, presumably to have been included in this unit, but it has not yet been located (March 3, 1975).
Inventory Description
Bowl, oval, carved ridges at rim and center, serrated grooved handles
Classification
- Bowl
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Solomon islands
/
<State>
/
Ndende Island
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 93.7 x 30.2 x 15 cm (36 7/8 x 11 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
975-12-70/5439
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