ID: 700008499 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008499	Record Type: Movable Work

Water bowl (bowl (vessel); Deainal (Chadian gourd artist, born 1950); ca. 1970-1973; National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC, United State...; 94-2-9)

Titles:

Water bowl (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

bowl (vessel) [300203596] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers))

Classifications:

vessels / containers (preferred)

African art

Creation Date: ca. 1970-1973

Creator Display:

Deainal (Chadian gourd artist, born 1950) [preferred,VP]

artist Deainal (Chadian gourd artist, born 1950) [500356941]

Locations:

Creation: Tchād [1000156] Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC, United States) [500311458] Smithsonian Institution, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 94-2-9

Credit Line: Gift of Ellen Patterson Brown

Display Materials: Gourd, pigment

	gourds (plant components) [300011870]
	.......(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, biological components, plant components, fruit, fleshy fruit, berries, pepo)

	pigments [300013109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, colorant (material))

	pyrography [300053841]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <surface marking processes and techniques>)

Dimensions: 9.2 x 35.6 x 30.7 cm (3 5/8 x 14 x 12 1/16 in.)

Cultures:

Chadian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Nar [300262785] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, African (general| continental cultures), <African by cultural or regional designation>, Central African (cultural or regional style), Central Sudanese region styles, Lake Chad (culture or style), Sara)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	geometric motif [300009764]
	.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), motifs) (AAT)

	equestrians [300188602]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by activity>) (AAT)

Provenance: Ellen Patterson Brown, Chevy Chase, Maryland, collected in Chad, 1971-1973 to 1994

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Water bowl	........ [VP]
	........ National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-) accessed 12 May 2015

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-) accessed 12 May 2015