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ID number: BIRRC-D0053 Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts Artist / Maker: Unknown Title / Object name: Cylindrical decorated calabash Object type: Calabash
Place made: Ilorin, Nigeria Culture: Hausa Collector: Danford, John Measurements: 40 cm
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With pyrographic decoration in black. 'ZUNGERU' (hausa). 'JUNGBU' (yoruba). Used by women to dye their hands with henna. 'SEERE' (yoruba). Collected in 1952. Label states Ilorin and Hausa
Notes: Previsouly listed as Yoruba - unclear why
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