Accession No
Z 11056
Description
bowl - [From catalogue card:] 'Wooden food receptacle in the shape of a goblet, the handle is rudimentary and is in the shape of a human face. Inlaid around the outside of the rim'.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Selwyn, John Richardson (Bishop) [?collector]; Selwyn, Annie Catherine (Mrs) [vendor]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Prof.) [monetary donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 11056; MAA: 1900.169 [not accession number]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Wooden food receptacle in the shape of a goblet, the handle is rudimentary and is in the shape of a human face. Inlaid around the outside of the rim'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) Female dono: Mrs Selwyn
Old handwritten paper label adhered to catalogue card, " 1900.169 Santa Cruz Is Mrs Selwyn" , however the Register notes E 1900.169 as a loom, Bishop Selwyn Coll, via Mrs Selwyn, from Santa Cruz
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
The old label that is glued on the catalogue card is not the right label. This bowl does not originate from the Santa Cruz Islands as stated on the label, but from the western Solomon Islands.
Event Date 5/5/2015
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
Two stylised anthropomorphic heads on the sides of the bowl - very similar to those on E 1905.58 / Z 11175 but not inlaid.
Event Date 5/5/2015
Author: maa
FM:145971
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