Container Item Number: K2.337 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Traditional Hausa carved design. Natural colour with grey lines, possibly in pencil, and dusted with white powder (?). Part (a), base has five carved parallel lines with scallop design above, all around near top. Two deeply carved lines near base, and base carved into nine quadrants, cross hatched on four, lines in the corners, and central square has diamond and lines carved within. Lid, part (b), has scallop design near rim, two parallel lines, and band of short parallel diagonal lines with horizontal cuts, two parallel lines, and cut-out interwoven oval shapes, with carved circles. Large center circle with four carved concentric rings and a cut-out center.
History Of Use
For foodstuffs, carrying things, storing objects
Item History
- Made in Togo ?
- Collected by Deborah Taylor between 1971 and 1972
- Owned by Deborah Taylor before 1972
- Received from Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Deborah Taylor (Seller) during 1972
What
- Name
- Container
- Identification Number
- K2.337 a-b
- Type of Item
- container
- Material
- calabash fruit and graphite mineral ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut, dried and carved
- Part A
- height 9.0 cm, width 35.5 cm
- Part B
- height 7.0 cm, width 34.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Hausa
- Field Collector
- Deborah Taylor
- Previous Owner
- Deborah Taylor
- Received from
- Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Deborah Taylor (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Togo ?
When
- Collection Date
- between 1971 and 1972
- Ownership Date
- before 1972
- Acquisition Date
- during 1972
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0200/0045 a-b