Container

Museum number:
5-6119
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006119
Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Honey container; hollow cylinder capped at both ends; wrapped with black cowhide; h. 23 cm.; dia. 18 cm.
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Ukambani, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kamba
Culture or time period:
Kamba
Collector:
Ronald J. Clarke
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Container, accession number 5-6119, described as Honey container; hollow cylinder capped at both ends; wrapped with black cowhide; h. 23 cm.; dia. 18 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Container, accession number 5-6119, described as Honey container; hollow cylinder capped at both ends; wrapped with black cowhide; h. 23 cm.; dia. 18 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Container, accession number 5-6119, described as Honey container; hollow cylinder capped at both ends; wrapped with black cowhide; h. 23 cm.; dia. 18 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 5-6119, described as Honey container; hollow cylinder capped at both ends; wrapped with black cowhide; h. 23 cm.; dia. 18 cm.

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