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Bowl

Object Number:29-93-41
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Maori
Provenience: New Zealand
Section:Oceanian
Materials:Wood
Shell
Height: 12.5 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from the Estate of George Byron Gordon, 1927
Other Number:GBG 19 - Gordon Number

Description

Deep round wooden bowl with flat bottom. Entire outer surface covered with rauponga carving (rows of dog-tooth notches surrounded by parallel grooves and ridges): large spirals and human figures. On opposite sides are fully carved human figures, serving as handles. On bottom, GBG [George Byron Gordon] and number 19 [Gordon number]. Large chip out of rim, near which are drilled two small holes. Possibly made in London by James Frank Robieson.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Gauguin and Exotic Art (02 Oct 1969 - 30 Nov 1969) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Simmons, D. R. 1982. Catalogue of Maori Artefacts in the Museums of Canada and the United States of America.. Auckland. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pl. 237View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Exhibition] Field, Richard S., and Danielsson, Bengt, and Davenport, William H. 1969. Gauguin and Exotic Art.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 72View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Hall, Henry U. 1920. "Maori Wood Carving and Moko". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 11. no. 4. pg. 212-244 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 239 (Fig. 106)View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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