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Art and design Containers

Art and design Containers. to look important. to keep things together. to store stuff. to keep things safe. to show things off. to protect us from the contents. to separate things out. How do people use containers?. to transport things. to put things in to give to other people.

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Art and design Containers

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  1. Art and design Containers

  2. to look important to keep things together to store stuff to keep things safe to show things off to protect us from the contents to separate things out How do people use containers? to transport things to put things in to give to other people to protect the contents to keep things organised to tell you about what’s inside to serve things in or on

  3. Spouted jug Made in Iznik, Turkey 1510 Stelton coffee pot Designed by Arne Jacobsen Denmark 1967

  4. Coffin in the shape of an eagle Teshie, Ghana2000 Outer coffin of Henutmehyt Thebes, EgyptAround 1250 BC

  5. Carved wooden cradle From Albania 1920-30   Wooden baby carrier with porcupine quill decoration and brass rattles North America 19th century  

  6. Bronze gui (food bowl for offerings to ancestors) from Henan province, China Western Zhou dynasty  11th century BC  Pottery oil jar for offerings at the grave Athens, Greece 460-450 BC

  7. Krater (bowl for mixing wine) from Rhodes made in Greece 1400-1300BC White porcelain Moon jar made by Park Young-sook Korea 2005  

  8. Relic-holder From Gandhara, in modern Pakistan 2nd-3rd century AD Length 7.4cm   Reliquary containing fragments of the skull of St Eustace Made in Germany About 1210 Height 35cm  

  9. Net bag made of synthetic yarn and marsupial fur From Wara Kar, Papua New Guinea 20th century Width 70cm Parfleche (folded pouch) made of bison skin Blackfoot people, Canada AD 1850-58 Length 70cm  

  10. Visit the main Museum website www.britishmuseum.org Explore contains over 4000 highlight objects from the Museum’s collection. You can use Explore to search for more containers. www.britishmuseum.org/explore/explore_introduction.aspx

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