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container

human history
  • Other Name

    gourd

  • Description

    Container

    Made from a gourd. Large spherical body with a short wide neck and a funnel like opening. Dark red/brown colour with faint painted designs in black on body of half circles, teardrops, squares, and diamonds with geometric grid filling of the shaped.

    There is extensive damage to the sides of the gourd, long cracks breaking off from each other and 2 large holes with missing pieces

  • Place
    Africa
  • Accession Number
    1955.152.249
  • Accession Date
    1955
  • Other Id

    34867 (ethnology)

  • Department

    World

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