Ink pot

Museum number:
5-15158
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4413
Description:
Ink pot. Globular gourd with multiple self bumps. 2 woven leather knobs inserted at sides. Wood stopper attached to plaited hair handle with single red-stained leather band. Height of gourd 8.7 centimeters. From Niger, N'guigmi Market; Moslem Kanouri. Used by mullahs, students, etc. to carry ink.
Donor:
Bruce Max Feldman and Kate Delos
Collection place:
N'Guigmi, Lake Chad, Niger
Verbatim coll. place:
Niger; Nguigmi marche
Culture or time period:
Kanouri
Collector:
Bruce Max Feldman and Kate Delos
Collection date:
1967-1968
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Inkwells and Plaited weaving
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Context of use:
Used by mullahs, students, etc. to carry ink.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Ink pot, accession number 5-15158, described as Ink pot. Globular gourd with multiple self bumps. 2 woven leather knobs inserted at sides. Wood stopper attached to plaited hair handle with single red-stained leather band. Height of gourd 8.7 centimeters. From Niger, N'guigmi Market; Moslem Kanouri. Used by mullahs, students, etc. to carry ink.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Ink pot, accession number 5-15158, described as Ink pot. Globular gourd with multiple self bumps. 2 woven leather knobs inserted at sides. Wood stopper attached to plaited hair handle with single red-stained leather band. Height of gourd 8.7 centimeters. From Niger, N'guigmi Market; Moslem Kanouri. Used by mullahs, students, etc. to carry ink.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ink pot, accession number 5-15158, described as Ink pot. Globular gourd with multiple self bumps. 2 woven leather knobs inserted at sides. Wood stopper attached to plaited hair handle with single red-stained leather band. Height of gourd 8.7 centimeters. From Niger, N'guigmi Market; Moslem Kanouri. Used by mullahs, students, etc. to carry ink.

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