Object Details
- Label Text
- By halving a bottle gourd, a serving spoon for serving stews and porridges is created. It also makes an individual dipper and cup for large shared vessels of water, or cereal drinks.
- Description
- Half of a bottle gourd with a linear pyroengraved decoration and a four pointed star.
- 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
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3.8 x 15.4 x 7.2 cm (1 1/2 x 6 1/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
