stand
- Museum number
- Af1999,16.43
- Description
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Calabash stand ("tarde"); made of leather; strip of leather, folded, stuffed with grass and sewn to make circle; outside of circle painted with black stripes and wavy lines; three beige leather tassels, painted with green stripes, tied to circle with green leather and each decorated with two metal coins; red and beige leather carrying strap attached to fourth side; "A708 L26 186" written on inside.
- Production date
- 1970s
- Dimensions
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Height: 32.40 centimetres
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Width: 21.50 centimetres
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Depth: 2.30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Used by pastoral Fulani women as a stand for a calabash when it is set on the ground. See Heathcote, David. "A Leatherworker of Zaria City. " In: The Nigerian Field 1974;34(3):99-117.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1999
- Acquisition notes
- Cost for entire collection.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1999,16.43
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 186
