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Bowl

about 1700
Object Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts

Medium/Technique Maple burl
Dimensions 7.62 x 22.86 x 21.59 cm (3 x 9 x 8 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Decorative Arts Special Fund
Accession Number66.886
CollectionsAmericas
This large bowl was turned from a burl, the dense, irregular outgrowth of a tree, often used for making highly figured decorative veneers and utensils.