Unsymmetrical wooden bowl, carved very roughly from a gum tree growth and hollowed out. [RM [OPS move] 6/9/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Unsymmetrical wooden bowl, carved very roughly from a gum tree growth and hollowed out. [RM [OPS move] 6/9/2016]
Long description: Rude vessel very roughly made from a knotty growth on a gum tree, hollowed out, and the exterior roughly worked down to form a deep bowl of unsymmetrical shape.
Geographical reference: Australia
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > Australia; Western Australia
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1874
Date collected: Prior to 1874
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Height: max 185 mm, Length: max 200 mm, Width: max 179 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.7.4 PR Cat other PR nos: 3063
Research and responses: Information from John Stanton of the Berndt Museum of Anthropology at the University of Western Australia 13.11.96 - Likely origin Desert or desert fringe, eg E Pilbara, E Goldfields. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]