Medicine Container (nkhoba)
Unidentified Shambaa or Zigua maker
late 19th-early 20th century
Gourd, wood, fiber, and cloth
Overall: 8 11/16 × 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (22 × 11.5 × 11.5 cm)
Overall: 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm)
Overall: 9 3/4 × 1 11/16 × 10 5/8 in. (24.8 × 4.3 × 27 cm)
Overall: 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the William B. and Evelyn F. Jaffe (58, 60, & 63) Fund
2003.11.35526
Geography
Place Made: Tanzania, Eastern Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Gear
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 17, The Anthropology of Health and Illness, Sienna Craig, Spring 2012
AAAS 11, Introduction to African Studies, Naaborko Sackeyfio, Spring 2013
ANTH 17, The Anthropology of Health and Illness, Sienna Craig, Spring 2012
ANTH 17, The Anthropology of Health and Illness, Sienna Craig, Spring 2012
ARTH 16.2, Picasso: The Vollard Suite, Michael R.Taylor, Fall 2013
ANTH 17, The Anthropology of Health and Illness, Lauren Gulbas, Fall 2013
ANTH 74, The Human Spectrum, Nate Dominy, Spring 2022
Exhibition History
Collectanea: The Museum as Hunter and Gatherer, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 21, 2005-February 12, 2006.
Evolving Perspectives: Highlights from the African Art Collection at the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2013-April 6, 2014.
Publication History
Barbara Thompson, "The African Collection at the Hood Museum of Art," African Arts, Volume XXXVII, No. 2, Los Angeles: African Studies Center, University of California, 2004, ill. p. 29.
Provenance
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany; sold to present collection, 2003.
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