Bucket, woven

Museum number:
5-13654
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013654
Alternate number:
37
Accession number:
Acc.3433
Description:
OKOLE- "big, wide mouthed"., Kenya; Gob Dogo (village); Rendille. Summer, 1978. 5-13654, acc no. 3433. Orig. No. 37. File code: 1.3 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: ERGG fiber woven; braided ERGEG fiber handle. Context of use: Made by married women and girls from 7yr+ used for milking cows and collecting blood from cows and both are drunk directly from OKOLE. *Also used to transfer milk into KUL, MADAL. Usually used by women in the Gob (village), however at the FOR (grazing area for animals) milk is milked by girls or warriors into the OKOLE. Description: Bucket; woven; with vertical ridges, 3 circular strands near mouth; braided handle H=27 cm. Mouth diameter 18cm x 16cm. Base diameter 21cm. Reference: for additional information, please see field sheet #JC 37 (JC4)
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Gob Dogo, Marsabit, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya; Gob Dogo (village); Rendille
Culture or time period:
Rendille
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Collection date:
1978
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Buckets (vessels)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bucket, woven, accession number 5-13654, described as OKOLE- "big, wide mouthed"., Kenya; Gob Dogo (village); Rendille. Summer, 1978. 5-13654, acc no. 3433. Orig. No. 37. File code: 1.3 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: ERGG fiber woven; braided ERGEG fiber handle. Context of use: Made by married women and girls from 7yr+ used for milking cows and collecting blood from cows and both are drunk directly from OKOLE. *Also used to transfer milk into KUL, MADAL. Usually used by women in the Gob (village), however at the FOR (grazing area for animals) milk is milked by girls or warriors into the OKOLE. Description: Bucket; woven; with vertical ridges, 3 circular strands near mouth; braided handle H=27 cm. Mouth diameter 18cm x 16cm. Base diameter 21cm. Reference: for additional information, please see field sheet #JC 37 (JC4)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bucket, woven, accession number 5-13654, described as OKOLE- "big, wide mouthed"., Kenya; Gob Dogo (village); Rendille. Summer, 1978. 5-13654, acc no. 3433. Orig. No. 37. File code: 1.3 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: ERGG fiber woven; braided ERGEG fiber handle. Context of use: Made by married women and girls from 7yr+ used for milking cows and collecting blood from cows and both are drunk directly from OKOLE. *Also used to transfer milk into KUL, MADAL. Usually used by women in the Gob (village), however at the FOR (grazing area for animals) milk is milked by girls or warriors into the OKOLE. Description: Bucket; woven; with vertical ridges, 3 circular strands near mouth; braided handle H=27 cm. Mouth diameter 18cm x 16cm. Base diameter 21cm. Reference: for additional information, please see field sheet #JC 37 (JC4)

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