Accession No

1948.2374 B.1-2


Description

A small vessel (.1) with a wooden implement (.2). The vessel is made from a buff gourd, and is roughly spherical but is slightly flattened on the top and bottom. It has circular hole cut in the top, and there is a small crack in the rim. The wooden implement is a mixing tool, with a widened, cylindrical section close to one end. Both ends are pointed.


Place

Africa; Central Africa; Rwanda


Period


Source

Guillebaud, Margaret Lindesay Gamul (Mrs) [field collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1948.2374 B.1-2


Cultural Affliation


Material

Gourd; Wood


Local Term


Measurements

75mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description 1948.2374 A-B: 'Two gourd dishes.
A: A bottle shaped gourd cut in half lengthways to form a heart shaped dish with the neck forming the handle. The inside left without being smoothed.
B: Small, round, buff gourd, very thin, with small round mouth cut in one end. With it, a small wooden mixer, pointed at each end. The mixing end like a pointed lemon.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
A small vessel (.1) with a wooden implement (.2). The vessel is made from a buff gourd, and is roughly spherical but is slightly flattened on the top and bottom. It has circular hole cut in the top, and there is a small crack in the rim. The wooden implement is a mixing tool, with a widened, cylindrical section close to one end. Both ends are pointed.
Event Date 29/11/2022
Author: maa


FM:300318

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