Calabash Bowl

Tuareg people, African

  • Titles Calabash Bowl (Descriptive)
  • Medium carved and engraved gourd
  • Dimensions 9 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. Diam. (23.5 x 43.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Bill and Gale Simmons, 1997.41
  • Work Type bowl
  • Classification Containers

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