Treen handled bowl of dark figured wood. Bottom half turned on a lathe. Top half and handle carved. All form a single piece of wood. Deep round bowl. Light weight.
bowls (vessels)
carving (processes)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Turned
Carved
Bowl
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
4 x 12 1/2 (HxW), 9 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.407
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