Rosewater bottle

Object Details

Somali (Hawiye or Digil clan) artist

Label Text

Rosewater is traditionally used for the ritual washing that precedes Islamic prayers.

Description

Clear blown glass bottle with teardrop shape on stem, circular foot, silver alloy cylindrical cap with rounded top and hanging crotals around bottom edge.

Provenance

Ambassador and Mrs. John Loughran, acquired Mogadishu, Somalia, 1975 to 1976

Exhibition History

Pavilion: A New Look, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., October 9, 2019–ongoing

World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 25, 2017-March 24, 2018; National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C, May 9-September 3, 2018; Fowler Museum at UCLA, October 21, 2018-February 10, 2019

African Mosaic: Selections from the Permanent Collection, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., November 19, 2013-ongoing (installed October 29, 2015-March 13, 2017)

Art of the Personal Object, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1991-April 9, 2007

Somalia in Word and Image, Foundation for Cross-Cultural Understanding, Washington, D.C., September 5, 1982 to December 31, 1992

Published References

Loughran, Katheryne, et al. (eds). 1986. Somalia in Word and Image, Washington, D.C.: Foundation for Cross Cultural Understanding, p. 148.

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Credit Line

Gift of the Loughrans

Mid-20th century

Object number

76-16-12

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Glass, silver alloy

Dimensions

H x W x D: 25.5 x 7 x 7 cm (10 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

Geography

Mogadishu, Somalia

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On View

NMAfA, Pavilion Gallery

National Museum of African Art

Topic

Household

male

Record ID

nmafa_76-16-12

Metadata Usage (text)

Usage conditions apply

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys781e39eb6-c2fd-415f-a1b7-55ce2dc71c6c