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1936.34.61

Pottery cooking-bowl with thick wavy pottery strips applied to it.

1936.34.61

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pottery cooking-bowl with thick wavy pottery strips applied to it.
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Ramu river
Cultural groups
Bosngun
Person
Field collector Walter Edward Guinness
Field collector HMS Rosaura
PRM source Walter Edward Guinness
Date / Period
Date made: Before 02/1936
Date collected
November 1935 - February 1936
Acquisition information
Donated: 1936
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Process Decorated
Dimensions
Height: max 190 mm, Diameter: max 300 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1936.34.61
Research and responses

According to Ethnologue Online, the Bosman should now be known as Bosngun. [CW 17/5/2000]

Search terms: Food and Drink, Vessel, Pottery, Cooking Vessel, Food Accessory, Bowl