Ritual Bowl

2003-32-224

From: Solomon Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 2003-32-224
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Solomon Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Deep oval bowl in the form of a frigate-bird: head at one end, with wings in relief below, forked tail at other end. On a flat fish-shaped (?) pedestal. Colored black. Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900.

Height 25.2 cm
Length 73 cm
Width 19 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1995.X.16535 - Other Number | CIVIC1995.X.16535 - Other Number

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