Accession No

Z 6223


Description

Bowl - [From catalogue card:] 'Wooden food bowl - very small specimen'.


Place

Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands


Period


Source

Stevens Auction Rooms; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Prof.) [donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 6223; MAA: BB 1912.680; 62 [?Auction number]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Unlikely to be a Solomon Island object. Papua New Guinea is a more plausible provenance given the shape and carving of the bowl.
Event Date 7/5/2015
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (CMS Context)
Although the catalogue card indicates that the object was purchased with funds from F.W. Green, the blue book states that the fund came from Professor A.A. Bevan (and Green is crossed off).
Event Date 7/5/2015
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (CMS Context)
Blue Book Register reads: '1912.679-681. Three wooden food bowls, boat-shaped, of various sizes. [Location:] ?. Bt Steven's sale July 2nd 1912. [crossed off: 'F.W. Green M.A.'] See sale catalogue No 12181, Lots 14, + 15'. "New Guinea" + "Solomon".' Added in pencil: 'Not entered in [illegible]'.
Event Date 7/5/2015
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: Small label with blue border glued to the object reads: '62'. Round label with serrated edge glued to the object [illegible]. Rectangular label glued under the bowl reads: 'Food bowl [crossed off: F.W. Green M.A. 1912] Prof. Bevan. Bt Stevens sale, July 2nd 1912. Reg. 1912.680.
Event Date 7/5/2015
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Wooden food bowl - very small specimen'.
Event Date 7/5/2015
Author: maa


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