Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 24639 reads: 'Calabash, dark brown, for use as dish. Surface very neatly executed carving, with alternating areas of bands of lines and various kinds of stippled and cross-hatched areas with triangles in them. Has split on one side and has been sewn together with a strip of cane. Thomas Coll.'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins

Description (Physical description)
Accession register for Z 24639 reads: 'Carved calabash, mended.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria.
Event Date 7/5/2001
Author: Annie Tomkins

Description (Physical description)
With incised patterns of lines and triangles. Large crack, with original repair using strips of cane.
Event Date 28/6/2001
Author: Annie Tomkins

Context (Amendments / updates)
Record created from Accession Register.
Event Date 28/6/2001
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
A gourd bowl. Hemispherical in shape with an upright rim. Decorated with carvings on the body and base. The decoration includes linear bands and triangle based patterns. With a contemporary repair to one side, where a crack has been secured with cane.
Event Date 1/10/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins