tea caddy

Top view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn1206.2
Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn1206.2
Detail view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn1206.2
Top view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn1206.2 Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn1206.2 Detail view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn1206.2

The lid of a wooden black lacquered cylindrical tea caddy. It has four ridges running around the outside and it is coated in silver metallic paint on the inside. It is finely painted on the top, depicting a seated man playing a stringed folk instrument, to his left a woman dances with her left hand on her hip and the right hand in the air, holding a scarf. To her left, a dancing man is stood on one leg and holding a hat on his right hand. Each of the figures has at last one garment painted in a vivid red paint. Areas of the paint is chipping away.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn1206.2
PLACE
COLLECTION
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; lacquer; paint
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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