Wood Serving Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Nov 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1891 to 1911
name: label: Collector
content: Guy N. Collins
label: Donor Name
content: Perez H. Collins
notes: label: Notes
content: Bowl made from single piece of medium-brown wood. Rim is decorated in inverted scallop shape, with two thin carved lines following shape around bowl, close to edge. Handle is wide, with rectangular piece cut out of middle. Straight lines carved on all sides of cut-out (including bottom, which has additional geometric design). Top of handle reaches point and small, slightly curved tubular shape. In article by collector, this bowl is pictured, with explanation that it was used in eating the Liberian dish of dumboy. (ref. "Dumboy, the National Dish of Liberia" by Guy N. Collins. In National Geographic, Jan 11, 1911. vol. 12 p 84-88)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Liberia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Liberian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 374065
label: USNM Number
content: E425089-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Serving Dish
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 45.5 cm
label: Width
content: 28.5 cm
label: Height
content: 7.7 cm