container (containers)

Model of circular brass water vessel, kamandal, based on the gourd shape of a mendicant pot. Globular body opening out to a semicircular mouth with a handle connected to the rim at each side with two rivets, on the outer side of which are bosses in the shape of a stylised flower bud. Three similar bosses along the top of the semicircular curved handle. Decoration overall is in horizontal bands of engraved floral and vegetal designs, the background in lac. The main band on the body has the background in red lac. On the rest of the body, the stand and handle, the background of the floral and vegetal engraved decoration is in black lac.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn14314
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 110 mm x 66 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
brass; enamel; enamelling
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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