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Bowl

Date1800-1840

MediumGourd, mineral pigments, plant sap

DimensionsObject/Work: 100 x 225 mm

ClassificationsContainer

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Object numberC14271

DescriptionDecorated bowl made from a calabash gourd. The outer surface is yellow while the inner surface has been blackened and decorated with mineral pigments. The decoration would have been sealed with a plant sap.

The design is a broad band of parallel lines in dark red, yellow and green, repeated in two bands with a central line bordered by small dots on both sides. The design in the basin includes small triangles and small circles surounded by dots distributed at intervals. From the centre of the basin is a radiating cross of half circles set of with small dots.

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