Hi Ron,

This is a pretty neat story. Could you send us an image of it?

Thanks!

Eric

On Feb 12, 2007, at 10:07 PM, Ron May wrote:

> I offered a reconstructed Asian bowl with a chipped and ground notch
> recovered from a Chinese trash pit at a fishing camp adjacent to  
> the Ballast  Point
> whaling station (CA-SDI-12,953). I believe the Chinese cook for  
> the  whalers
> moonlighted in Western medicine by adapting the traditional shallow  
> bowl  for
> bloodletting. The resultant shape with the notch closely resembles   
> bloodletting
> bowls made for the practice.
>
> Ron May
> Legacy 106, Inc.
>