Medicine Container
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Object Label
Gourd containers like this stored medicinal substances used at various curing and initiation ceremonies. The wooden stopper, which illustrates Zaramo artists' tendencies toward abstraction, marked and protected the contents. The gourd itself was associated with fertility, probably because of the many seeds it contained.
Caption
Zaramo. Medicine Container, 20th century. Gourd, fur, fiber, wood, 6 x 4 1/2 in. (15.2 x 11.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Drs. John I. and Nicole Dintenfass, 88.188.3. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Collection
Culture
Title
Medicine Container
Date
20th century
Geography
Possible place made: Tanzania
Medium
Gourd, fur, fiber, wood
Classification
Dimensions
6 x 4 1/2 in. (15.2 x 11.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Drs. John I. and Nicole Dintenfass
Accession Number
88.188.3
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