ID: 700001840 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001840	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Bowl (nima sara’a) (bowl (vessel); Unknown; undetermined; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; registration number: FE008654)

Note: The shell inlay decoration of this wooden bowl suggests that it was probably made in the islands of the Southeast Solomons, a region that includes Ulawa and San Cristobal and the small islands in between. This particularly large and elaborate bowl is an excellent example of the art of the carvers in this area. Most bowls are oval with handles at each end. The shapes of these handles are stylized depictions of creatures such as birds, squid or crickets from which the bowls are named. However, bowls in the form of a bird, with the bird's beak impaling or swallowing a fish, as here, are also a well-established form.

Titles:

Bowl (nima sara’a) (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

bowl (vessel) [300203596] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers))

Classifications:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

Creation Date: undetermined

Creator Display:

Unknown [preferred,VP]

maker unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Solomon Islands [1000233] Oceania (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand) [500311561] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: registration number: FE008654

Credit Line: Acquisition history unknown

Display Materials: Wood, shell, pigment

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

	shell (animal material) [300011829]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, combination inorganic/organic material, combination inorganic/organic animal material, <animal shell and shell material>)

	pigments [300013109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, colorant (material))

	inlay (process) [300053850]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, <surface covering processes and techniques>)

Dimensions: Approximate: 570 (Height) x 1950 (Length) x 460 (Width) mm

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

animals

Specific Subjects:

	bird (animal) [300266506]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum)) (AAT)

	fish (animals) [300266085]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Bowl (nima sara’a)	........ [VP,TePapa]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=83485; accessed 22 August 2012
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

Subject: ....... [VP,TePapa]

....................... Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 22 August 2012