Accession No
E 1908.266
Description
Wooden bowl with rounded bottom and ends. The inside is finely grooved, the outside is textured, and a crack has been repaired using plant fibre.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Central Australia
Period
Source
Unknown
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1908.266; MAA: AR 1909.500
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Pigment; Plant
Local Term
Measurements
178mm x 70mm x 421mm
Events
Context (CMS Context)
According to the catalogue card the object was sold in Cambridge 1905. Also see Spencer and Gillan 1904 fig 206'.
Event Date 12/5/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden
Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited: on display in the Australia case (15 &16), Maudslay Hall, from 1990 onwards. R.vd.Velden 08/05/2014.
Event Date 12/5/2014
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Wooden bowl with rounded bottom and ends. The inside is finely grooved, the outside coarsely.
Event Date 12/5/2014
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
white pigment inside bowl and reddish on outside. Old indigenous plant fibre repair on crack at edge
Event Date 24/11/2020
Author: rachel hand
Context (Acquisition Details)
Register states that this was 'Bt [bought] Sadd, Cambridge, 1905'.
Event Date 10/3/2025
Author: Eve K Haddow
FM:267637
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