Container Item Number: K2.243 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round, red-brown gourd container with a flaring mouth. Design consists of six panels with incised horizongtal line patterns that include zig zags and cross hatching with a z form below. Mouth has a central horizontal zig zag line surrounded by a pair of black lines above and below. Lines are painted black. Neck is black. Has a skin strap around the neck.
History Of Use
Storing rice or corn, carrying liquids
Item History
- Made in Nigeria
- Owned by Berkeley Galleries Ltd. before March 1960
- Received from Berkeley Galleries Ltd. (Seller) and Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) during March 1960
What
- Name
- Container
- Identification Number
- K2.243
- Type of Item
- container
- Material
- gourd fruit, leather skin and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- incised and painted
- Overall
- height 29.0 cm, diameter 18.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Yoruba
- Previous Owner
- Berkeley Galleries Ltd.
- Received from
- Berkeley Galleries Ltd. (Seller) and Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nigeria
When
- Ownership Date
- before March 1960
- Acquisition Date
- during March 1960
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0023/0026