Bowl
Pigment Container
18124
From: New Zealand | North Island | Hawke's Bay Region | Wairoa
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 18124 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Maori |
| Provenience | New Zealand | North Island | Hawke's Bay Region | Wairoa |
| Period | Te Puawaitanga Period |
| Date Made | 1500-1800 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Pumice |
| Description | A shallow, oval, light grey pumice bowl. One side of the bowl is larger than the other, the bottom of the bowl is rounded. A pumice bowl was often used to contain pigment or coal.
According to notes made by the collector C.D. Voy, this bowl was formerly used by Māori Chiefs to keep war paint or tattooing powder. The bowl was dug up three feet below the surface in Wairoa. |
| Height | 8 cm |
| Length | 16.5 cm |
| Width | 12.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of William Pepper, 1891 |
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