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Description: | Snuff gourd, painted and lacquered, decorated with a scene: a man in turban, waistcoat and white shirt, seated beside a felt on the ground, in front of a trellis tent with six roof bands and two girth bands; behind is a boy with a stick, herding nine sheep and a dog, above is a flight of six geese. The stopper is of carved wood. The base is inscribed with a signature in Cyrillic and the name ‘Nukus’. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | gourd wood varnish snuff containers paint Uzbek stoppers (containers) Karakalpak | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-218597 |
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