Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum

1897.36.28

Wooden bowl. Oval in shape with a rounded underside. There is a crack in the underside with blackened edges. The edges seem to have remnants of red paint/ochre. [AB [OPS move] 5/12/2017]


1897.36.28

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden bowl. Oval in shape with a rounded underside. There is a crack in the underside with blackened edges. The edges seem to have remnants of red paint/ochre. [AB [OPS move] 5/12/2017]
Cultural groups
Arrernte
Warlpiri
Person
Field collector Horn Scientific Expedition
PRM source William Austin Horn
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1894
Date collected
1894
Acquisition information
Donated: 09/1897
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted
Dimensions
Height: max 182 mm, Width: max 296 mm, Length: max 766 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1897.36.28
Research and responses

According to the Annual report of the Museum for 1897 'Dr Stirling [that is Edward Stirling, of Adelaide] kindly furnished descriptive labels of the objects sent [by WA Horn from the Horn Expedition] [AP 17/4/2002]

Search terms: Food and Drink, Vessel, Bowl, Food Accessory, Carrying Device