Earthenware pilgrim bottle

Made:
1701-1850 in Africa
Cream earthenware pilgrim bottle, flattened globe shape Cream earthenware pilgrim bottle, flattened globe shape Cream earthenware pilgrim bottle, flattened globe shape

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Cream earthenware pilgrim bottle, flattened globe shape
Science Museum Group Collections
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Cream earthenware pilgrim bottle, flattened globe shape
Science Museum Group Collections
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Cream earthenware pilgrim bottle, flattened globe shape
Science Museum Group Collections
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Cream earthenware pilgrim bottle, flattened globe shape, used for pilgrim's holy water, possibly North African, 18th to mid 19th centuries

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A105270
Materials:
earthenware (glazed)
Measurements:
overall: 58 mm x 149 mm x 162 mm, .4 kg
type:
pilgrim bottles
credit:
Tano, N.