Container

Museum number:
5-8357a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21058357a@2cb
Alternate number:
46, 47 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2569
Description:
a. gourd container with coiled basketry neck; neck has one strand of silver colored wire plaited through it; gourd base is netted with leather straps and has leather handle strap b. coiled basketry top to container with metal insert in top; total hgt. a+b 20 cm collector states is used for cows milk; both pieces are well worn, greasy, and pungent smelling.
Donor:
David Solomon and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ethiopia; near Addis Ababa
Collector:
David Solomon
Collection date:
1968-1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Coiled weaving, and Containers (receptacles)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
October 1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 5-8357a,b, described as a. gourd container with coiled basketry neck; neck has one strand of silver colored wire plaited through it; gourd base is netted with leather straps and has leather handle strap b. coiled basketry top to container with metal insert in top; total hgt. a+b 20 cm collector states is used for cows milk; both pieces are well worn, greasy, and pungent smelling.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 5-8357a,b, described as a. gourd container with coiled basketry neck; neck has one strand of silver colored wire plaited through it; gourd base is netted with leather straps and has leather handle strap b. coiled basketry top to container with metal insert in top; total hgt. a+b 20 cm collector states is used for cows milk; both pieces are well worn, greasy, and pungent smelling.

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