box
- Museum number
- Af.4702.a
- Description
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Box made of a yellow gourd cut into halves, and carved all over with bands and triangles.
- Production date
- 19thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 15.60 centimetres (container and lid)
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Height: 9.90 centimetres (container)
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Height: 6.50 centimetres (lid)
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Width: 16.50 centimetres (container)
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Width: 15.30 centimetres (lid)
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Depth: 16.50 centimetres (container)
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Depth: 15.30 centimetres (lid)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1855
- Acquisition notes
- Christy numbers 4677 to 4806 were given to the BM by the Lords of the Admiralty in 1855 on the closure of the naval Haslar Hospital (qv) in Gosport. There is no documentation of who gave this object to the hospital, or where it was made.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af.4702.a
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Af186?C1.4702a (old CDMS no.)