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Wicker Bottle

Bottle made from a calabash gourd (lagenaria siceraria, also known as "bottle gourd"). Text: Sandra Ferracuti.

Data Provider
Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Zulu
Object type
Flasche
Dimensions
Height: 28 cm
Diameter: 14.5 cm
Material/Technique
Calabash, Plant fibre
Dried, braided
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
F 56243

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Staiger; 4850
  • Production
    when
    around 1970-74
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Kwazulu-Natal
Provenance
Hanna Koller, the sister of Ulrich Staiger's wife, was a teacher at the German School in Karibib, South-West Africa (today Namibia) from 1970-74, from where she travelled to Zulu country, where she acquired the collection.

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