Bowl Item Number: 2989/11 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Large wooden dish with skinny horseshoe-shaped handles. Handles are rounded square shapes with a hollowed out centre. Dish is in the shape of a half cylinder with a flat bottom and bowl is a carved out rectangle with raised edges. Exterior of bowl has an incised pattern of ‘X’s and crosses on both long sides of bowl. Bottom of bowl is a raised rectangle.

Narrative

Purchased by the donor in an antique store in the Torajan highlands in 2002.