Object Number | 29-201-588 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Morocco |
Section | African |
Materials | Fiber | Gourd |
Description | Used in Mohammedan festival of Ashurah. Half of large gourd; eyes and mouth cut out; eyes and eyebrows painted black; teeth (mostly missing) attached to inside of mouth. Long blond fibre hair, moustache and beard. |
Height | 41 cm |
Width | 20.5 cm |
Credit Line | Williams Moroccan Expedition; Talcott Williams and Sophia Wells Royce Williams, 1898 |
Other Number | T.W.243 - Collector Number |
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