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Vessel made from bound bottle gourd.

Vessel made from bound bottle gourd. Lower body covered with goatskin. Origin: Africa (?). The object belongs to the estate of the senior general practitioner Georg Wilke (*1859 Dresden +1938 Rochlitz), which initially went to the teaching collection of the Rochlitz secondary school after his death and was transferred to the collection of Rochlitz Castle in the 1960s.

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Staatliche Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten Sachsen. Schloss Rochlitz Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
vessels (containers)
Dimensions
H x W x D: 13.3 cm x 10 cm
Material/Technique
Bottle gourd, leather; bound, covered
Current location
State palaces, castles and gardens of Saxony gGmbH, Rochlitz Castle
Inventory number
Roc_E_VI_000113
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1875-1900
    where
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED
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