Oggetto archeologico
Travel chestUp one level |
Civic Museum Paleontology and Palaeo-ethonology “Decio de Lorentiis”. Travel chest.
Wood and metal. Tuareg craft. 19th - 20th century
Wooden chest, decorated with engraved metal plaques, fixed by means of silver spherical studs. The iron parts are mainly rusty, while the bronze ones are covered by a layer of verdigris.
Typical trinket of the Tuareg, berbera population that dominated the trans-Saharan trade in the past, it was used as a container during the long journeys on the back of camels.
Further information
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| Identificazione | ||
| Inventory number: | E.S. 104 | |
| Precedenti localizzazioni | ||
| Provenance: | F. Santini donation 2003 | |
| Reperimento | ||
| Place of discovery: | Mauritania | |
| Oggetto | ||
| Definizione: | Chest | |
| Class and ware: | Furniture | |
| Cronologia | ||
| Datazione certa secolo: | 19th - 20th century | |
| Definizione culturale | ||
| Cultural milieu: | Tuareg craft | |
| Dati tecnici | ||
| Material: | Wood, Bronze, Iron, Silver | |
| Technique: | Metal engraving | |
| Height: | 60,5 | |
| Width: | 9,5 | |
| Varie: | Unit cm | |
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Questo documento proviene dal deposito documentale del Museo Civico di Paleontologia e Paletnologia di Maglie |
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