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Object Number 07-13-50/72767
Display Title Milk vessel
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wood jar, carved, with incised designs, three legs, rounded base, black.
Classification
  • Jar
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Mashowa Land
Dimensions Overall: 37.3 x 21.5 x 22 cm (14 11/16 x 8 7/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 72762
Credit Line Gift of Dr. L. C. Jones, 1913
Provenance
Dealer William O. Oldman
Donor Donated by Dr. Lombard C. Jones (1907)

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