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Object Number 99-15-70/53865
Display Title Boiling bowl for cooking food (tanoa fai palusami)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden bowl, flat base, oval, small handles on ends.
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 70 x 16 x 36 cm (27 9/16 x 6 5/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53865
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth

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