Food Bowl

Tuareg people, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, African

20th century

  • Titles Food Bowl (Descriptive)
  • Medium carved wood
  • Dimensions 9 1/2 x 17 in. Diam. (24.1 x 43.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Bill and Gale Simmons, 1997.36
  • Work Type bowl
  • Classification Containers
  • On View

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