Carved wooden lump box

Made:
1880-1920
Carved wooden lump box, ovoid bowl with concave base Carved wooden lump box, ovoid bowl with concave base Carved wooden lump box, ovoid bowl with concave base Carved wooden lump box, ovoid bowl with concave base

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Carved wooden lump box, ovoid bowl with concave base
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Carved wooden lump box, ovoid bowl with concave base
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Carved wooden lump box, ovoid bowl with concave base
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Carved wooden lump box, ovoid bowl with concave base
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Carved wooden lump box, ovoid bowl with concave base, oval lid from which rises the " struts" to support the handle acorn shaped knob surmounts handle, photograph of two " dagha" or hemp smokers inset into lid, probably South African, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A175284
Materials:
wood, seed, knob on handle and paper, illustration
type:
lump boxes
credit:
Puttick and Simpson Limited