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Batho (Food Dish)

Maker Unknown, Noanamá Chocó

MediumWood

Dimensions3 1/8” H x 16 1/8”L x 7 5/8” W

Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Mortimer C. Howe Fund

Object numberNLA1970.044.HOW

DescriptionOblong food dish (batho). Made by men, but owned usually by women. Flat bottom, oval bowl, squared of at ends with two small points, undecorated.

ClassificationsVessels

Collections

Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

Exhibitions

Makers and Materials of the Americas

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