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1948.4.11

A black wooden bowl, undecorated.

1948.4.11

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Collection type
Object
Description
A black wooden bowl, undecorated.
Geographical reference
Zambia
Africa > Eastern Africa > Zambia
Livingstone [Maramba]
Person
Maker Lewanika's workshop
Field collector S. P. Start
PRM source S. P. Start
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1910
Date collected
1910
Acquisition information
Donated: 1948
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions
Height: max 143 mm, Diameter: max 303 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1948.4.11
Research and responses

This object was examined by Karen Milbourne (National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution). The visit took place 09/10/2015. [NC 14/12/2015]

For an account of the workshop of King Lewanika (1842-1916; reg. 1878-1916), see 'Lewanika's Workshop and the Vision of Lozi Arts, Zambia', by Karen E. Milbourne, in Sidney Littlefield Kasfir and Till Förster (eds), African Art and Agency in the Workshop (African Expressive Culture series), Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press (2013), pp. 233-51. [JC 5 11 2014]

Search terms: Vessel, Bowl

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