Canteen

29-201-349

From: Morocco

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-201-349
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Morocco
Section African
Materials Leather | Wood | Iron
Description

Wood covered with brown leather. Conical vessel with high tubular spout rising between two triangular wooden projections from the upper part of the flat side (i.e. base of cone is side of vessel). Flat side and lower part of neck painted red and black: flower pattern and bands of triangles and lattice and parallel lines, with a few scattered nail heads; conical side completly covered with nail heads. Two loops with wool carrying cord.

Height 35 cm
Width 31.5 cm
Thickness 16 cm
Credit Line Williams Moroccan Expedition; Talcott Williams and Sophia Wells Royce Williams, 1898

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