Brass tray, engraved
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Jun 2007
label: Collection Date
content: 1962 to 1963
name: label: Collector
content: Virginia Fleming
label: Donor Name
content: Virginia Fleming
notes: label: Notes
content: Hand hammered tray with hand engraved with interwoven pattern on surface. Pattern is a classical Islamic design. Made by Aiken Amadu Amadu
label: Notes
content: Hammered and engraved silver, brass and aluminum trays, bowls, etc. are made by Nupe metalworkers in the town of Bida in northern Nigeria and are decorated with Islamic designs or calligraphy. See Vernon-Jackson, Hugh "Craftwork in Bida" Africa 30(1) 1960 pp. 51-61. Hodge, Alison Nigeria's Traditional Crafts. London: Ethnographica. 1982. pp. 49-52.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nigeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nupe
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2042499
label: USNM Number
content: E431927-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tray
physicalDescription: label: Diameter
content: 33 cm