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Start Over Object name Gourd bowl Donor Thomas D. Lanagan
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd bowl, accession number 5-11509, described as Gourd bowl, Nigeria, Haussa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11509, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Section of gourd hollowed, decorated by pressure-engraving Context of use: to hold food or liquids Description: Bowl; hollowed out section of gourd; outside surface has intricate decoration (pressure-engraved) of wide and narrow concentric circles, zig-zags, straight lines; 17.5 cm. diameter; 8 cm. deep
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd bowl, accession number 5-11508, described as Gourd bowl, Nigeria, Haussa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11508, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Cut-off bottom section of gourd; rough inside; outside partly scraped; incised three-line decoration Context of use: this is a special section of the kwarya gourd, used for eating tuwo and other foods Description: bowl; bottom section of gourd; inside hollowed, left rough; outside is partly scraped, incised with three-line decoration; no coloring; 23 cm. diameter; 7 cm. deep
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd bowl, accession number 5-11507, described as Gourd bowl, Nigeria, Haussa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11507, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Bottom section of gourd cut off, seeds emptied; incised lines Context of use: to hold food while eating Description: tray-bowl; section from bottom of gourd; inside surface rough; outside surface partly scraped; three-line incised decoration; no coloring; 24.cm. diameter; 4 cm. deepl

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