Dish

62-3-4

From: Nigeria | Oyo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 62-3-4
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ibo
Provenience Nigeria | Oyo
Date Made 1800-1825
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

Wooden bowl, upper surfaces shiny black. Covered box in center of plate with wide rim, both the lid and plate ornamented with deeply cut parallel grooves. Both ends of box lid curve upward. Handle across middle is deeply grooved. Bottom of plate flat, sides sloping upward and outward.

Height 15.5 cm
Outside Diameter 36.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Webster (Margaret Freuer) Plass, 1962

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