Gourd bowl

Museum number:
5-11509
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011509
Accession number:
Acc.2879
Description:
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
Donor:
Thomas D. Lanagan and W. H. Lawson
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Hausa att.
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection date:
July 27, 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
July 27, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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. deepHearst Museum object 2 of 2 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
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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

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