bottle;
vessel
- Museum number
- Oc.1548
- Description
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Vessel for water made from the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris), with surfaces ornamented with designs in black.
- Dimensions
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Height: 38 centimetres
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Width: 24.50 centimetres
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Depth: 24 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register slip comment:
For mode of staining, see Ellis, Tour of Hawaii. p.376.
Compare Choris, Pl.XI, fig. 2 Sandwich I
Dixon p.273. Cook 3rd Voy. Vol 2. p.238
The yellow is the original colour the borwn having been artificially produced. In the Museum at Kew Gardens is one labelled "Huewai or Water Vessel, a bottle gourd - Sagenaria vulgaris, Ser., from Oahu".
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1975 – 1985 12 Dec-23 Jun, London, BM, Museum of Mankind, Hawaii
- Acquisition date
- 1860-1869
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc.1548
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc186?C1.1548 (old CDMS no.)