Wooden cylindrical container, or possibly the top for a container, number 11440

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Object Number 973-16-50/11532

Display Title Wooden cylindrical container, or possibly the top for a container, number 11440

Descriptions

Inventory Description Container, carved wood, punctate base, tapered base, mended with vegetable fiber

Classification

Container

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Ethiopia

Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 16.5 x 9.6 x 9.8 cm (6 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 7/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 973-16-50/11532

Provenance

Donor Robert G. Gardner

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