- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden vessel. Pointed oval bowl with central rib running down the length of the exterior. The bowl stands on four cylindrical solid legs. There is staining present on the interior from use. There is also a triangular chip missing from the rim. [MOBB [OPS move] 26/8/2016]
- Long description
- Oval wooden food bowl with 4 legs. A triangular piece is missing from the rim. [El.B 24/10/2011]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1943
- Date collected
- By 1943
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1943
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Height: max 107 mm, Width: max 191 mm, Length: max 325 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1943.4.10
- Research and responses
Examined on the 12th/13th June by Fergus Clunie and Andy Mills as part of the work of the AHRC-funded project 'Fijian Art: Political Power, Sacred Value, Social Transformation and Collecting Since the 18th Century' (2011-2014). His notes read: Vesi wood bavelo bowl - prob yaqona though type also used for food. Old hanging lug has been ground down. [FB 19/06/2012]
1943.4.10
Wooden vessel. Pointed oval bowl with central rib running down the length of the exterior. The bowl stands on four cylindrical solid legs. There is staining present on the interior from use. There is also a triangular chip missing from the rim. [MOBB [OPS move] 26/8/2016]
1943.4.10
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