Milk or honey vase with cap.
1800 (?) - before 1893Gourd; Seashell; LeatherDiameter (Ø): 10.7 cm
Object: Milk or honey vase with cap.
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Unknown maker
- Title:
- Milk or honey vase with cap.
- Date:
- 1800 (?) - before 1893
- Inventory Number:
- 1898-013/078
- Collection:
- Non european collections
- Domain:
- Africa
- Arts and Crafts
- Designation:
- Vase à boire
- Iconography:
- Shell
- Material | Technique:
- Gourd; Seashell; Leather
- Measurements:
- Diameter (Ø): 10.7 cm
- Height (H): 24.1 cm
- Description:
- Formed by an oblong gourd, decorated with four rows of cowrie shells sewn on leather strips which are directed in the direction of height. A leather strap allows the vase to be carried. - Descriptive inventory by Nicolas Van Werveke of the Spring ethnographic collection. N.B.: this is a faithful transcription of Van Werveke's inventory, the terms used in 1898 have not been modified, even those whose use is considered critical today.
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Acquisition date:
- 1898
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | © Musée national d'archéologie, d'histoire et d'art (MNAHA)
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Patrick Quinteira
- Tina Pfeifer
Object: Milk or honey vase with cap.
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Unknown maker
- Title:
- Milk or honey vase with cap.
- Date:
- 1800 (?) - before 1893
- Inventory Number:
- 1898-013/078
- Collection:
- Non european collections
- Domain:
- Africa
- Arts and Crafts
- Designation:
- Vase à boire
- Iconography:
- Shell
- Material | Technique:
- Gourd; Seashell; Leather
- Measurements:
- Diameter (Ø): 10.7 cm
- Height (H): 24.1 cm
- Description:
- Formed by an oblong gourd, decorated with four rows of cowrie shells sewn on leather strips which are directed in the direction of height. A leather strap allows the vase to be carried. - Descriptive inventory by Nicolas Van Werveke of the Spring ethnographic collection. N.B.: this is a faithful transcription of Van Werveke's inventory, the terms used in 1898 have not been modified, even those whose use is considered critical today.
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Acquisition date:
- 1898
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | © Musée national d'archéologie, d'histoire et d'art (MNAHA)
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Patrick Quinteira
- Tina Pfeifer
