Bowl - wood
Production date
Pre 1896
Country
Solomon Islands
State/Province
Temotu
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Description
Register description: Bowl - wooden pig shaped container
Classification
INDIGENOUS CULTURES Melanesian & South Sea Islander bowl wood
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Production date
Pre 1896
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Measurements
L665 x W140 x H170 mm
Media/Materials description
Wood, hair
History and use
Pigs play an important role in social and economic life in Melanesia. This pig-shaped feeding bowl from Temotu Province in Solomon Islands was acquired by Queensland Museum in 1896. Similar examples are illustrated in James Edge-Partington's "An Album of the Weapons, Tools, Ornaments, Articles of Dress of the Natives of the Pacific Islands, Drawn and Described from examples in public and private collections in England" (Pl. 159)
Registration number
E8291
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