Wooden food bowl with a protruding base or lip at the bottom. Elongated oval shape with a carved lid that is secured by a strong cord of twisted fibre. The lid is decorated with engraved horizontal lines running around it, with four raised knobs in the centre and a further two at each end by the perforations with linear incised decoration. When the lid is removed and the inner lip apparent, the vessel has a stepped effect. [RM [OPS move] 7/10/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden food bowl with a protruding base or lip at the bottom. Elongated oval shape with a carved lid that is secured by a strong cord of twisted fibre. The lid is decorated with engraved horizontal lines running around it, with four raised knobs in the centre and a further two at each end by the perforations with linear incised decoration. When the lid is removed and the inner lip apparent, the vessel has a stepped effect. [RM [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 Plant Fibre, Material String, Material Rattan Fibre Plant, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions: Depth: max 120 mm, Width: max 145 mm, Length: max 305 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.1109 Other numbers: 9

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