Object Details
- Label Text
- The exterior of this water dipper has been scraped rather than pyroengraved. The rather awkward handling of line and form mark it as the work of an apprentice.
- Description
- Gourd water dipper with a projecting handle and central cross design with concentric bands created by rubbing off the surface layer.
- Provenance
- Ellen Patterson Brown, Chevy Chase, Maryland, collected in Chad, 1971-1973 to 1994
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Sara-Nar artist
- Date
- ca. 1970-1973
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ellen Patterson Brown
- Medium
- Gourd, pigment
- Dimensions
- H x W X D: 6.0 x 16.8 x 12.3 cm (2 3/8 x 6 5/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
