Object Number | AF2869 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Somali |
Provenience | Ethiopia | Somalia |
Section | African |
Materials | Leather |
Description | Thick hide. Pronounced "breast" form, with prominent "nipple" covered with separate poiece of molded hide. Strongly recurved rim. Incised ornament includes circular bands parallel with circumference of shield, imitation of basket-work patterns, chevrons, short rows of shallow circular depressions. |
Height | 16 cm |
Outside Diameter | 59 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912 |
Other Number | 22921 - Dealer's Number |
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