- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Beer gourd with a design in black on the surface.
- Date / Period
- Date made: 10/1938
- Date collected
- By 1939
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1939
- Materials and processes
- Material Gourd Plant, Process Decorated, Process Inscribed
- Dimensions
- Length: max 530 mm, Diameter: max 160 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1939.7.24
Search terms: Vessel, Food and Drink, Writing, Inscription, Food Accessory
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