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Vessel

20th century
Object PlaceSouth Africa
Medium/TechniqueWood
Credit LineGift of Timothy Phillips in honor of Christraud Geary
Accession number2013.4152
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceMay 15, 2003, anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 95, to Robert and Lillian Bohlen, Andover, MA; May 15, 2008, Robert and Lillian Bohlen sale, Bonham’s, New York, lot 791, unsold; 2010, sold by Robert and Lillian Bohlen to Timothy Phillips, Cambridge, MA; 2013, year-end gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
Calabash-shaped milk bowl
Artist Unidentified
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Artist Unidentified
20th century
Artist Unidentified
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