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Bottle

Made from a calabash gourd (Lagenaria siceraria, also known as "bottle gourd"), the bottle is richly and carefully decorated with patterns and strings of glass beads strung on leather and plant fibre cords. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.

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

Cataloguing data

Object type
Flasche
Dimensions
Height: 22 cm
Diameter: 16 cm
Material/Technique
Calabash, Leather, Brass , Glass , Plant fibre Dried, Tanned, Forged, turned, threaded, Bead weaving
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
F 56284 a

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Long; 4887
  • Production
    when
    around 1970 or earlier
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Namibia
Provenance
Collector worked as a nurse in South-West Africa (today Namibia) from 1969-73, where she acquired the object. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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