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Description: | Half gourd with orange cuticle sewn with purple cotton thread to subconical coiled grass-work stand with conical coiled grass-work lid, peak covered in green leather. green, brown, purple, orange, golden dyed grass. tiny overcoils, narrow foundation coils, in rows of varied geometrical design, mostly many coloured diamonds and crosses on stand and lid. green background, brown row borders. natural coloured overcoil to lid peak. dyed green leather held in place by broad stitches of brown grass. rim of gourd covered in black pigment or burnt. loose overlapping lid. letter 'i' scratched, burnt, on gourd outer surface. cotton string tied in a loop inside stand. see a559.
Material: gourd
Material: grass
Material: dye
Material: leather
Material: cotton | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.ethnography.62018 | Go to resource |
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