- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Decorated calabash used as storage container. [This is a lid for 1975.3.7 .1]
- Long description
- Decorated calabash used as a storage container. The gourd has incised design and roman script lettering. [NC 09/07/2015]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Yoruba
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Beatrice Yeatman
- Field collector Church Missionary Society
- PRM source Winifred Beatrice Yeatman
- Date / Period
- Date made: Possibly before 1936
- Date collected
- ?Between 1933 - 1936
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1975
- Materials and processes
- Material Gourd Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Decorated
- Dimensions
- Height: max 100 mm, Diameter: max 225 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1975.3.7.2
Search terms: Vessel, Furniture Dwelling, Food and Drink, Lid, Food Accessory
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