Decoration of carved calabash - Specimen details

Decoration of carved calabash - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 73576

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Plant Name 120.01 BIGNONIACEAE Crescentia cujete Entry Book Number 37.1995.22
Artefact Name Decoration of carved calabash Vernacular Name
Iso Country Cameroon TDWG Region Cameroon
Parts Held Decoration of carved calabash Geography Description Cameroon, Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, NW Provinces
Uses Decoration of carved calabashUse: MATERIALS User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Rumball N Collector No 51
Collection Notes Collection Date 00/10/1995
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Purchased in Prescraft at Limbe, these are made in Northern Cameroon. Similarly carved calabashes are worn as hats in the North. This is a wall hanging.

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