- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden divining bowl.
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Sukuma
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1953
- Date collected
- From 1951-1958
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1958
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Height 79 mm, Length: max 259 mm including handles, Diameter: max 139 mm bowl
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1958.11.42.1 Other PRM accession number: 1958.11.42a
Search terms: Divination Religion, Vessel, Divination Accessory, Bowl
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