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Calabash

Bowl with a curved handle and various branding patterns on the outside, finished off towards the rim by a ring of patterns presumably representing cowries

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Object type
Kalebasse
Material/Technique
gourds (plant components)
Object genre
vessel
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2340
Other number(s)
2340

Provenance and sources

when
before 1911

where
Bamenda

when
1900/1901-1911
where
Kamerun
who
Diehl, Adolf - Owners

when
1911
where
Stuttgart
Description
Linden-Museum bought object from A. Diehl.

when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
Description
JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.

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