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1942.1.229

Candlestick, made from pottery - copy of a “Buddha candlestick”. [ASh [OPS move] 5/4/2017]

1942.1.229

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Collection type
Object
Description
Candlestick, made from pottery - copy of a “Buddha candlestick”. [ASh [OPS move] 5/4/2017]
Long description
Candlestick, made from pottery - copy of a “Buddha candlestick”. Black glazed pottery slightly irregularly tapering from splayed base, large bulbous socket. Stem entwined by snake. Hole in side of the base. [ASh [OPS move] 5/4/2017]
Geographical reference
Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda
Western Region [Hoima, Kibale, Masindi districts] / Bunyoro-Kitara
Cultural groups
Nyoro
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1942
Date collected
By 1942
Acquisition information
Donated: 1935
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Process Inscribed, Process Handbuilt, Process Glazed
Dimensions
Height: max 281 mm, Diameter: max 90 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1942.1.229 Other numbers: CK 40 [C K 40]

Search terms: Reproduction, Pottery, Figure, Religion, Writing, Animal Figure, Religious Object, Inscription

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