Calabash bowl

Museum number:
5-11462
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011462
Accession number:
Acc.2879
Description:
Kurzumu- gourd, Nigeria, northern provinces. July 27, 1972. 5-11462, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: gourd halved and hollowed out; pyroengraved on interior and exterior with lines etc; arachnid figure interior Context of use: for household storage and containing Description: bowl, calabash; gourd halved and hollowed out;bpyroengraved interior and exterior; extrior: alternating circles with straight lines; interior has stylized design resembling arachnid form; 32 cm. l.; 32.2 cm. w.; Made by: women References: see African Arts, v. 4., no. 1, pp. 20-25; article on north Nigeria calabash decor.
Donor:
Thomas D. Lanagan and W. H. Lawson
Collection place:
Northern Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; N. province att.
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 Calabash bowl, accession number 5-11462, described as Kurzumu- gourd, Nigeria, northern provinces. July 27, 1972. 5-11462, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: gourd halved and hollowed out; pyroengraved on interior and exterior with lines etc; arachnid figure interior Context of use: for household storage and containing Description: bowl, calabash; gourd halved and hollowed out;bpyroengraved interior and exterior; extrior: alternating circles with straight lines; interior has stylized design resembling arachnid form; 32 cm. l.; 32.2 cm. w.; Made by: women References: see African Arts, v. 4., no. 1, pp. 20-25; article on north Nigeria calabash decor.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Calabash bowl, accession number 5-11462, described as Kurzumu- gourd, Nigeria, northern provinces. July 27, 1972. 5-11462, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: gourd halved and hollowed out; pyroengraved on interior and exterior with lines etc; arachnid figure interior Context of use: for household storage and containing Description: bowl, calabash; gourd halved and hollowed out;bpyroengraved interior and exterior; extrior: alternating circles with straight lines; interior has stylized design resembling arachnid form; 32 cm. l.; 32.2 cm. w.; Made by: women References: see African Arts, v. 4., no. 1, pp. 20-25; article on north Nigeria calabash decor.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Calabash bowl, accession number 5-11462, described as Kurzumu- gourd, Nigeria, northern provinces. July 27, 1972. 5-11462, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: gourd halved and hollowed out; pyroengraved on interior and exterior with lines etc; arachnid figure interior Context of use: for household storage and containing Description: bowl, calabash; gourd halved and hollowed out;bpyroengraved interior and exterior; extrior: alternating circles with straight lines; interior has stylized design resembling arachnid form; 32 cm. l.; 32.2 cm. w.; Made by: women References: see African Arts, v. 4., no. 1, pp. 20-25; article on north Nigeria calabash decor.

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