Container with lid

Museum number:
5-16852a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210516852a@2cb
Alternate number:
31 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4729
Description:
wood container (a) hollowed and carved from a single piece of wood. natural light brown. incised bands with triangle patterns painted dark brown. lid (b) for container. similar to container.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa, Ethiopia, Gurage
Culture or time period:
Gurage
Collector:
Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
May 22, 2002
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
b— height 12 centimeters, a— height 23 centimeters, and a— diameter 15 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Container with lid, accession number 5-16852a,b, described as wood container (a) hollowed and carved from a single piece of wood. natural light brown. incised bands with triangle patterns painted dark brown. lid (b) for container. similar to container.

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