Description (Physical description)
Calabash dish or lid to dish. Dark brown, stained, smoked, black. Rim has zigzag cut out. Then a band of squares of alternating cross hatching and complicated designs. The base has a circular band of squares of complicated design alternating with triangles of cross hatching. Edge broken.

Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Accession Register entry for this object does not mention Thomas Collection.
Event Date 29/1/2001
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria.
Event Date 7/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
2 pieces missing from edge. One original repair, using cane stiching. One section has been broken off and glued back on. Evidence of insect damage. Metal pin inserted in to sid, ?for dislay.
Event Date 28/6/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
A calabash dish or a lid to a dish. With an upright rim and decoration on the body and base of the vessel. The rim has a zigzag cut out. Then a band of squares of alternating cross-hatching and geometric patterns. The base has a circular band of squares filled with geometric patterns that alternate with triangles filled with cross-hatching. Stained or possibly smoked dark brown. Two fragments have broken away from the rim, there is also a contemporary repair using cane.
Event Date 1/10/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2021.5134 | Remedial
Event Date 11/10/2021
Author: Ayesha Fuentes