Carved Wooden Bowl

A very unusual carving of a lidded wooden bowl fitted into an oblong pedestal. The bowl lid is topped with a bird in relief, and is locked with an imitation padlock. The pedestal has wooden carved bosses around the sides. Bill Hart has suggested that the pedestal may be a later addition, and the bowl is a lone survivor of a much earlier class of ornamented lidded bowls. He suggests that these bowls may have been echoed in the shape of Sapi-Portuguese saltcellars (See Hart 2007, for more information).

Further Information

• Type: Containers, vessels, Figures, sculpture
• Object: Carved Wooden Bowl
• Materials: Wood
• Culture Group: Mende
• Dimensions: 490mm x 440mm x 410mm
• Production Date: Pre 1899
• Associated Places: Unknown
• Associated People: Thomas Joshua Alldridge (Collector)
• Museum: Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
• Accession Number: BMAG:R3483/125

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