Ornamental wooden food bowl, oval bowl with carved lid, which is secured by an iron wire bail, set in the centre of a larger, flat round bowl with raised rim. Decorated with engraved lines. There are three curved and pronged upward projections in a row on top of the lid. [BS [OPS move] 7/10/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Ornamental wooden food bowl, oval bowl with carved lid, which is secured by an iron wire bail, set in the centre of a larger, flat round bowl with raised rim. Decorated with engraved lines. There are three curved and pronged upward projections in a row on top of the lid. [BS [OPS move] 7/10/2016]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Abia Arochukwu Arochuku
Cultural groups: Igbo
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1932
Date collected: ?1932
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Metal Wire, Material Iron Metal, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions: Diameter: max 385 mm, Height: max 225 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.1105 Other numbers: 1
Associated publications: Listed as number 87 on page 12 of Art from the Guinea Coast (Pitt Rivers Museum, Illustrated Catalogue No. 1), Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum (1965): 'NIGERIA Eastern Region ... 87. Ritual food bowl for ceremonial passing of meat and relish to guests, from Arochuku. Ibo (1942.13.1105.) (38.5 cm.)'. Also illustrated in black and white in unnumbered plate XXVII. (For details of exhibition, see under 'Display History'.) [JC 12 9 2013]

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