Container with lid

Museum number:
5-10443a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210510443a@2cb
Alternate number:
5-10443
Accession number:
Acc.4021
Description:
Gourd; leather, decorated with orange leather base in geometric design; top edged with orange leather and lid attached on one side with plaited leather hinge and edged with orange leather thong. Plaited carrying cord. Height 40 cm, Diameter at neck 22 cm. Cord 130 cm. A: gourd. B: Lid. Native name: Bokhsa Mashfiyeh. Container for clothes, marriage goods.
Donor:
Natalie Tobert and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Rizekat, Darfur province, Sudan
Verbatim coll. place:
Sudan; Darfur Province; Rizekat
Collector:
Natalie Tobert
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Container with lid, accession number 5-10443a,b, described as Gourd; leather, decorated with orange leather base in geometric design; top edged with orange leather and lid attached on one side with plaited leather hinge and edged with orange leather thong. Plaited carrying cord. Height 40 cm, Diameter at neck 22 cm. Cord 130 cm. A: gourd. B: Lid. Native name: Bokhsa Mashfiyeh. Container for clothes, marriage goods.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container with lid, accession number 5-10443a,b, described as Gourd; leather, decorated with orange leather base in geometric design; top edged with orange leather and lid attached on one side with plaited leather hinge and edged with orange leather thong. Plaited carrying cord. Height 40 cm, Diameter at neck 22 cm. Cord 130 cm. A: gourd. B: Lid. Native name: Bokhsa Mashfiyeh. Container for clothes, marriage goods.

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