Bowl

2010-10-24

From: West Africa

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2010-10-24
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience West Africa
Section African
Materials Gourd | Pigment
Description

Calabash gourd bowl with wide sloping sides. Incised pattern on exterior with orange pigment. Gourd stem broken or sliced at bottom. Written inside bowl in black ink: "Calabash bowl Africa"

Height 14 cm
Outside Diameter 28 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2010

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