Accession No
1948.2375 B
Description
A carved wooden bowl for holding milk or sour milk. It is an elongated oval shape with a rounded base, and a slightly pointed edge at one end of the rim. There are two thin, rod-like handles, one at each end.
Place
Africa; Central Africa; Rwanda
Period
Source
Guillebaud, Margaret Lindesay Gamul (Mrs) [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1948.2375 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood
Local Term
Measurements
190mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for 1948.2375 A-C: 'Three wooden bowls for holding milk or sour milk. Of lightish yellow wood on which the knife marks can still be seen, they have rounded bases, handles consisting of a straight stick cut in one with the bowl; they are deep, and all three have the mouth outlines by a thin black line.
A: Canoe-shaped, narrow mouth, one handle.
B: Long oval shape, wider mouth, handle at each end.
C: Almost round, very small, small oval mouth, one handle.'
A: previously 2 handles, 1 broken off and missing. R.Hand 13/11/2001'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A carved wooden bowl for holding milk or sour milk. It is an elongated oval shape with a rounded base, and a slightly pointed edge at one end of the rim. There are two thin, rod-like handles, one at each end.
Event Date 29/11/2022
Author: maa
FM:300311
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