Accession No
1947.132
Description
Bowl - Food bowl - oval, with frigate bird head and tail at either end. Pearl shell inlay in usual Solomon Island manner.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
H. M. Dockyards Museum, Portsmouth
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1947.132
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Wood
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card notes below the donor: “See card 47.97.’
Event Date 25/1/2008
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Food bowl - oval, with frigate bird head and tail at either end. Pearl shell inlay in usual Solomon Island manner.
Event Date 25/1/2008
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
The base of the bowl, on which the frigate bird is resting, is carved in the shape of a Solomon Island war canoe (tomako).
Event Date 7/5/2015
Author: maa
Conservation ()
80.67 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa
FM:265024
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