Wooden vessel. A goblet-shaped container on an elaborately open-work hour-glass shaped base, with the handle ending in a scroll. The incised or shallow relief decoration is enhanced with pokerwork contrast.
J-15 Vessel
Object Number
JL-J-15
Artist
Date produced
Unknown
Attribution/location
Dimensions (cms)
40.9 x 25.7 x 17.5
Description
Provenance
Unknown
Additional information
Formerly the property of Colonel E.A. Hirst C.M.G., and given to him when he was made a blood brother to a Zulu chief during the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
Classification
Digital rights
Brenthurst Library