Ritual Bowl

Curio

67-5-34

From: Solomon Islands | Santa Ana, Solomon Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 67-5-34
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Solomon Islands | Santa Ana, Solomon Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Shell | Pigment
Description

Copy of ritual communion bowl. Piece intended to be a curior copy of ritual communion bowl. Note bowl shape but decoration emphasized over functional requirements. One side unfinished in order to reveal the channelling for nautilus inlay. Carver: Waifura.

Height 21 cm
Length 57.9 cm
Width 8.9 cm
Credit Line William Kohler Expedition; William H. Davenport, 1967

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