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Bowl Lid

Object Number:30-13-16B
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Barotse
Provenience: Zimbabwe
Section:African
Materials:Wood
Height: 11 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Mrs. T. W. Woodside, 1930

Description

"Fish dish" Oval bowl of wood painted black. Cover which fits over the edge of bowl is also of wood painted black except for 2 reserved sections, one on each side. It is surmounted by four ducks in single file; part of each duck has been painted black and part left the natural colour of the wood. The cover (including the ducks) has carved from one piece of wood.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

African Gallery (1990 - Aug 1995) View Objects in Exhibition
African Sculpture from the University Museum Collection (15 Oct 1980 - 15 Feb 1981) View Objects in Exhibition
African Gallery (1987 - 1990) View Objects in Exhibition
African Gallery ( Aug 1995 - 11 Sep 2018) View Objects in Exhibition

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