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water vessel

human history
  • Other Name

    gourd (alternative name)

  • Description

    Water vessel

    Made from a gourd, metal coil, and [bitumen]. The body is a large gourd with a spherical base, long thin neck, and an ovoid shape at the opening, the interior has been hollowed. A circular opening with flat lip. The spherical body is designed with incised designs of triangle boarders with cross hatch and diagonal filling inside the triangles. The underside has repairs to the gourd of metal cord stitching with a black substance creating a sealant

  • Place
    Central Africa/Africa
  • Accession Number
    1951.161.122
  • Accession Date
    30 Aug 1951
  • Other Id

    32221.1 (ethnology)

  • Department

    World

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