Accession No

Z 11055


Description

Oval bowl of light wood stained black, on an oval pedestal. On the sides, the bowl is carved with two human figures, their heads protruding above the rim, arms outstretched below the rim, bent legs and feet resting on a bonito fish (two fins under the stomach).


Place

Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; Makira [San Cristobal]


Period


Source


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 11055; MAA: ?E 1901.110


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood


Local Term


Measurements

135mm x 120mm x 278mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 11055: 'Plain food bowl with human design at each end. A man climbing onto the edge of the bowl with arms outstretched and his feet on a fish. No inlay'.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Related Documents)
A historic label glued to the catalogue card reads: '1901.110. Bowl. Solomon Is.'
Event Date 1910
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Oval bowl of light wood stained black, on an oval pedestal. On the sides, the bowl is carved with two human figures, their heads protruding above the rim, arms outstretched below the rim, bent legs and feet resting on a bonito fish (two fins under the stomach).
Event Date 5/5/2015
Author: maa


Context (References)
Illustrated in Lucie Carreau. 2016. Collections from the Solomon Islands. Cambridge: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.13275, p.2.
Event Date 2016
Author: Lucie Carreau


FM:268160

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