Boy's eating bowl of wood. [EH [OPS move] 19/10/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Boy's eating bowl of wood. [EH [OPS move] 19/10/2017]
Long description: Boy's eating bowl of wood with curved sides and a flat base. One side of the bowl has a protruding lug, through which a hide thong has been looped and tied. Next to this a rectangular strip of aluminium has been attached around the edge of the bowl, perhaps as a repair. The bowl has been repaired with ?plant fibre stitching in two places. [EH [OPS move] 19/10/2017]
Geographical reference: Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya; East of Mount Elgon
Cultural groups: Tiati
Person: Field collector Jean Brown Sassoon; PRM source Jean Brown Sassoon
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1978
Date collected: By 1978
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1978
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Aluminium Metal, Material Plant Fibre, Process Scraped Carved, Process Carved, Process Stitched, Process Plated, Process Repaired (local), Process Looped
Dimensions: Diameter: max 158 mm, Height: max 90 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1978.20.7 Other numbers: JB21C

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