Object

Accession No

1925.851

Description

Nzele. A halved gourd decorated on the outer body with bands of linear and geometric patterns, as well as depiction's of humans, animals and spear heads. There is a contemporary repair to the rim on one side.

Place

Africa; East Africa; Kenya; Ukamba Province

Period

Source

British Empire Exhibition [vendor]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]

Department

Anth

Reference Numbers

1925.851

Cultural Affliation

Kamba [Akamba]

Material

Gourd

Local Term

nzele

Measurements

200mm x 96mm x 201mm

Events

Context (Acquisition Details)
Catalogue card description for 1925.851 reads: 'Clarke Gift' [in different handwriting] 'Purchased by donor at dispersement of objects at Kenya Building at Wembley Exhibition.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for 1925.851 reads: 'Decorated gourd. 'nzele' Ornamented with incised lines with human faces, animals, spear heads etc. Akamba from Ukamba Province.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'The Proper Study of Mankind: Great Anthropological Collections in Cambridge' (known at MAA as the 'Centenary Exhibition') at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 12 March - 06 May 1984.

Event Date 12/3/1984
Author: Annie Tomkins

Description (Physical description)
Nzele. A halved gourd decorated on the outer body with bands of linear and geometric patterns, as well as depiction's of humans, animals and spear heads. There is a contemporary repair to the rim on one side.
Event Date 16/3/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins

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