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 2 CRACKS ALONG BOTH ENDS OF ITS INTERIOR. BOTH CRACKS HAVE BEEN MENDED WITH PLASTIC CORD THROUGH TINY HOLES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CRACK. 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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416133
label: USNM Number
content: E428857-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 55 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 19.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5.8 cm