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Gourd bowl
Museum number:
5-15442
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015442
Accession number:
Acc.4477
Object count:
1
Description:
Bowl: half-gourd, shallow; incised semicircular design below rim, colored by heated knife; indigenously repaired in two places with stitching. Used in maize preparation. Height ca 10.0 cm. Diameter 30.8 cm.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Dawar, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Tanzania; Dawari; Datoga; Barabaig; Gesarsa
Culture or time period:
Barabaig
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
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