Description (Physical description)
Accession register 1931.145: 'Two carved wood 'cups' with covers & 2 ditto round dishes.'
Event Date 1931
Author: Emily Shorter

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1931.145: '4 carved wooden 'cups' presses?'
Event Date 1931
Author: Emily Shorter

Description (Physical description)
Record for 1931.145: 'Two carved wooden 'cups' with covers and two carved 'draughtsmen' of dark coloured wood.'
Event Date 1/6/1992
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Database record gave '?Europe' and 'Africa; ?East Africa' as provenance. There is no geographical provenance given in the accession register. Label tied to object says '?E. Africa Unprov. The latter has been retained as the tentative provenance for this object.
Event Date 06/04/2022
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Two carved wooden 'cups', with a pedestal foot and broadly triangular covers '.1-2', and two carved 'draughtsmen' or 'dishes' of dark stained wood '.3-4'. The body of '.1' is covered with grooves. '.2' has diagonal grooves along the shoulder. There is an unknown material sealed inside '.1'. '.3-4' are of a similar style. There is evidence of historic damage.
Event Date 6/4/2022
Author: Jane Pettitt