Bowl

A bowl is a round, open-top container used in many cultures to serve hot and cold food. Bowls are also used for drinking, as in the case of caffè latte. Bowls used for storing non-food items range from small bowls used for holding tips at a coffee shop to large bowls used for storing DVDs or CDs. Bowls are typically small and shallow, as in the case of bowls used for single servings of soup or cereal. Some bowls, such as punch bowls, serving bowls, fruit bowls and salad bowls are larger and often intended to serve many people.

Bowls have existed for thousands of years. Very early bowls have been found in China, Ancient Greece, Crete and in certain Native American cultures. Modern bowls can be made of ceramic, metal, wood, plastic, and other materials. Their appearance can range from very simple designs of a single color to designs sophisticated artwork.

Ancient history

In examining bowls found during an archaeological dig in North America, the anthropologist Vincas Steponaitis defines a bowl by its dimensions, writing that a bowl's diameter rarely falls under half its height and that historic bowls can be classified by their edge, or lip, and shape. The British/American standard soup bowl has a mouth, the opening not including the extent of its lip, with a diameter of 18.5 centimetres, and should be able to adequately accommodate at least 24 ounces of liquid.

The Bowl (Cherokee chief)

The Bowl (also Chief Bowles); (Cherokee: Di'wali) was one of the leaders of the Chickamauga Cherokee under Dragging Canoe (and later John Watts), who fought against the United States of America during the Cherokee–American wars.

The Bowl led the first large Cherokee emigration west across the Mississippi River in 1809, where he and his followers settled in what later became Arkansaw Territory. When the government was organized the next year, he was elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation–West, serving until his departure for Spanish Texas in 1813. He was succeeded by Degadoga.

The Bowl became leader of the Cherokee in Spanish Texas, along with Richard Fields, and ultimately died at the outbreak of war in 1839 between the Texas Cherokees (or Tsalagiyi nvdagi) and the Republic of Texas. That war, which later claimed the lives of both Fields and The Bowl's son, John Bowles, did not end until the Treaty of Bird’s Fort in 1843.

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The Bowl (Douglas)

The King George V Bowl (commonly known as The Bowl) is a multi-use stadium in Douglas, Isle of Man. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home of the Isle of Man official and Ellan Vannin football teams. The stadium has a capacity of about 3,000.

History

The Bowl is owned by Douglas Borough Council. It is the home of the Isle of Man Football Association and St Marys A.F.C. who play in the Isle of Man Football League. They play their home matches at The Bowl but their changing rooms for home matches are at the nearby National Sports Centre. The stadium hosts the Isle of Man Football League's annual cup competitions finals such as the Manx FA Cup, the Charity Shield, Hospital Cup and the Railway Cup, as well as the Isle of Man Tournament, an annual four team football competition between the amateur FA teams of the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. The now defunct annual Isle of Man Steam Packet Football Festival was also held at The Bowl.