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Gourd with brass decoration
Gourd with brass decoration
Object Number 09-8-50/75453.1
Display Title Gourd with brass decoration
Descriptions
Inventory Description Gourd, central indentation, hole on top, with brass wire triangular shapes
Classification
  • Pot
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Materials Gourd, Brass
Dimensions Overall: 10.9 x 6.8 x 6.8 cm (4 5/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 09-8-50/75453.1
Credit Line Gift of Lewis H. Farlow, 1909

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