Gourd with Dipper (Primary Title)
Gourd with Carved Dipper (Alternate Title)

Unknown (Artist)

19th–20th century
Kwere or Doe
Containers
Sculpture
gourd, wood, fiber, glass beads, animal hide
Place Made,Africa,Tanzania
Overall (with stopper): 10 1/2 × 4 1/4 × 4 1/8 in. (26.67 × 10.8 × 10.48 cm)
Overall (without stopper): 6 × 4 1/4 × 4 1/8 in. (15.24 × 10.8 × 10.48 cm)
Overall (stopper): 9 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (24.13 × 3.18 × 3.18 cm)
94.18a-b
Not on view
Gift of Charlotte Williams, True Luck, and William and Margaret Redd
"Spirit of the Motherland." Roanoke: Museum of Western Virginia. September 1995- January 1996. Newport News: Peninsula Fine Arts Center. January- May 1996.
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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