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Wooden Container
Object Number 967-71-70/4639
Display Title Wooden Container
Descriptions
Object Description Water dish with red pigment
Inventory Description Dish, carved, oblong, round base, painted red
Classification
  • Dish
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 44.9 x 18 x 15 cm (17 11/16 x 7 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 967-71-70 / 4639; Cent. Australia / water dish
Provenance
Collector Russell H. Harris
Seller Mrs. John Linden

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