Bowl
A round dish for preparing, serving, storing, or consuming food.
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A bowl is a vessel used for serving food and drink, often shared communally in many cultures.[1] The oldest known bowl dates back 18,000 years.[2]
Quick Facts
- Type
- Vessel
- Common materials
- Ceramic
- metal
- wood
- plastic
- Primary use
- Preparing
- serving
- storing
- or consuming food
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Key facts and history
Chinese pottery includes many elaborately painted bowls from the Neolithic period.[2] Some cultures impose social rules on the use of a communal bowl.[3] At the Minoan site of Phaistos, the bridge spouted vessel design was found.[4] Beveled rim bowls in standardized sizes were mass-produced by the Uruk culture of Mesopotamia during the 4th millennium BC.[4]
The Spanish phrase ¿Cuándo hemos comido en el mismo plato? highlights cultural norms around sharing communal dishes.[3]
What the cited sources add
The same source records that phiales could be used for perfume rather than wine, based on one cited authority.[4] It also reports that the communal bowl in Mali gives its name to the town of Bandiagara.[1] The Spanish idiom and Chinese etiquette rules are documented in two web sources cited by the encyclopedia entry.[3]
References
- Wikipedia, "Bowl" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Zimmerman, "The Communal Origins of a Festive New Year's Drinking Tradition", www.yesmagazine.org (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Bowl" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The World: Science Podcast. #17: U.S. "Science Envoys", Nobel winners strategize on global warming, and ten million years of laughter. Public Radio Internationa (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Bowl" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Dichos Populares. Su significado", Fundación Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes; "Chinese Chopstick Etiquette", Culture-4-Travel.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Bowl" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hogan (2007) (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: Bowl (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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