H x W x D: 9.5 x 55.2 x 18.4 cm (3 3/4 x 21 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
Type:
Sculpture
Geography:
South Africa
Mozambique
Date:
Late 19th-early 20th century
Label Text:
Wood food bowls may be carved as a single container or as two relish dishes carved as a linked pair. Frequently such bowls are ornamented on the underside which can be seen when they hang on the wall when not in use.
Description:
Two hemispherical wood bowls connected by rectangular bar with upward curving strip handles at each end and darkened panels and diamond bands on the bowl's exteriors.
Provenance:
Michael Graham-Stewart, London, -- to 1989
Exhibition History:
Art of the Personal Object, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1991-April 9, 2007
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