Flat Wooden Vessel Or Dish
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "USED FOR MIXING PAINT, HAIR DYE, OIL ETC. "NDARI". [Peale no.] 1765= [catalog no] 2821. VESSELS W/HANDLES ARE FOR PAINTS."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue describes #s 1765-1773 as: ""Ndari". Vessels made of wood, used for mixing oil, paint, hair dye &c [&c = etc.] by the Fiji men, at their toilets."
label: Notes
content: Tripod bowl and handle carved from one piece of wood. Round bowl had a long handle protruding from one end. Two feet are carved to the front center of bowl and third foot is under end of handle. Handle is decorated on both sides with a carved leaf form with serrated edges commencing from juncture with bowl to end of handle. Hole is cut through the end of handle next to the foot and has the remnants of a braided cord in it. Has original Peale # label.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2821-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 37.8 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 23 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 9 cm