flagon (jug (food service))

General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 27.2.48/71
General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 27.2.48/71

Full-bodied, long-necked vessel made of rice straw, with basketry stopper. Made by the coiled technique using bunches of rice straw, sewn or bound together with purple thread in vertical lines. Reinforced with three white metal bands down the neck, at the lip and at the shoulder..The stopper is made in the same technique and is attached to the neck with a double white metal chain.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
27.2.48/71
Date
19th century
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 288 mm x 170 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
coiled basketry; straw; silver; thread
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
On display: Horniman Museum > World Gallery > Perspectives > Museums perspective - back wall
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