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Diamond shaped wooden bowl (a) made of a lightweight wood with a dark patina. Possibly from Fiji which has similarily-shaped examples of bowls and dishes. The body of the bowl is worn along both edges at one diamond-shaped end. There is also a braided rope of plant fiber (b).
bowls (vessels)
wood (plant material)
plant fiber
Bowl
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
E47,121
FD252
Unknown
Pacific Island Group
3 12/16 x 10 14/16 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.2617
http://pmem.unix.fas.harvard.edu:8080/peabody/view/objects/asitem/search$0040/18/title-desc?t:state:flow=dc30a1ac-24b4-43c0-a9ae-3bf98ce25142
Fiji
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