Wooden bowl

Made:
New Zealand
Wooden bowl, ornately carved but not a traditional design

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Wooden bowl, ornately carved but not a traditional design
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Wooden bowl, ornately carved but not a traditional design, Maori, New Zealand

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A195115
Materials:
wood and shell
Measurements:
length 400 mm
width 215 mm
height 100 mm
type:
bowls
credit:
Sothebys

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