Wooden Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1980
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: LONG ELLIPTICAL SHALLOW BOWL MADE FROM CARVED DARK BROWN WOOD. BOWL HAS A FLAT BASE AND PROJECTING FROM EITHER END ARE 2 STYLIZED CARVINGS. CARVINGS FORM PART OF HANDLES THAT ARE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BOWL'S BOTTOM. BOWL HAS 1 CRACK ALONGBOTH ENDS OF ITS INTERIOR. THE CRACK HAS BEEN MENDED WITH PLASTIC CORD THROUGH TINY HOLES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CRACK. THE INSIDE OF THE BOWL HAS 2 WHITE STAINS. DR. ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR OF OCEANIC ETHNOLOGY) PURCHASED THIS BOWL IN 1980 IN PORT MORESBY.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sepik River, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sepik Area
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416133
label: USNM Number
content: E428858-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 65.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 20.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 7 cm