Covered Calabash Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Apr 1968
name: label: Collector
content: Donald C. Butts
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. K W. Butts
notes: label: Notes
content: COVERED BOWL MADE FROM WHOLE CALABASH. SPECIMEN CUT WITH STEM JOINT OF THE CALABASH AT TOP CENTER SO THAT THIS FORMS A NATURAL POINT OF REFERENCE AROUND WHICH SYMMETRICAL CARVED DECORATIONS FLOW. CALABASHES DECORATED ON THE OUTSIDE ARE TYPICALLY CUT IN THIS MANNER AND ARE CARVED ONLY BY MEN. (SEE P. DARK 1954 BUSH NEGRO ART: AN AFRICAN ART IN THE AMERICAS, pp. 39-40.)
label: Notes
content: The Recovering Voices Community Research Visit of Matawai Maroons from Suriname took place September 8-19, 2018. These comments were made by community members, elder Jozef Dennert, bassia Tina Henkie, and Rolien Sallons on Friday, September 14, 2018. The group conferred on comments to make about the collections objects so all notes are attributed to the group as a whole. The Matawai word for this is "kuja." This one with a lid is like how we would us a tupperware. This is to eat out of and to keep/store food. The figures inside are made with glass. Calabash is essential for maroons. We can use it for anything. We always plant it to have the tree nearby. Bigger can be cooked with.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 May 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Suriname, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Suriname Maroon
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 277656
label: USNM Number
content: E409782-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl