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Small flask for gunpowder

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Civic Museum Paleontology and Palaeo-ethonology “Decio de Lorentiis” Recipient for gunpowder.Bronze. Ethnic Art, north western Africa. 19th - 20th century.

Small bronze flask for gunpowder. The neck has a plait decoration in the vicinity of the rim and at the attachment of the rounded body, thin in the central part; in the proximity of the neck and of the foot there is a band engraved with horizontal parallel lines, which describe concentric circles, ending with small decorations distanced with concentric semicircles.

Further information
Identificazione
  Inventory number: E.S. 063
Precedenti localizzazioni
  Provenance: F. Santini donation 2003
Reperimento
  Place of discovery: Dahomey
Oggetto
  Definizione: Small flask
  Class and ware: Recipient
Cronologia
  Datazione certa secolo: 19th - 20th century
Definizione culturale
  Cultural milieu: Ethnic Craft, north western Africa
Dati tecnici
  Material: Bronze, Iron, Silver
  Technique: Incision
  Height: 11,2
  Width: 6,9
  Thickness: 5,4
  Varie: Unit cm
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