Twin wooden food bowl cut from a single piece of wood. [RM [OPS move] 12/10/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Twin wooden food bowl cut from a single piece of wood. [RM [OPS move] 12/10/2016]
Long description: Twin wooden food bowl cut from a single piece of wood. Two bowls, irregularly rounded and connected by two bridges. Surface of exterior including base is decorated with patterns of grooved lines and triangles. A looped handle of rattan cord passes through two perforations in one of the bowls. [RM [OPS move] 12/10/2016]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; South eastern Nigeria
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1942
Date collected: By 1942
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Rattan Fibre Plant, Process Carved, Process Plaited, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Height: max 101 mm, Width: max 182 mm, Length: max 348 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.379 Other numbers: 120826

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