Container

Museum number:
5-14167
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014167
Accession number:
Acc.3650
Description:
Sepai., Tanzania, Mbulu district, Guwangw village, Sule clan, homestead of Ero Oyye, Iraqw people. 5-14167, acc no. 3650. Orig. No. JB50. File code: 1.5 July 25, 1981. Collector: J. Bacharach. Donor: Univ. Approp. Materials, techniques: Gourd, hollowed out, hole cut in top. Grown in owner's garden. Context of use: Used and made only by women. Used when milking cows. (VM noted the unusually small size of the specimen, may be a model?). Description: Container; gourd. Ht. 13 cm, diam. 16 cm. Small, circular hole at center top.
Donor:
Jean Colvin and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Guwangw, Mbulu District, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanzania; Mbulu district; Guwangw village; Iraqw
Culture or time period:
Iraqw People
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
August 1982
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 5-14167, described as Sepai., Tanzania, Mbulu district, Guwangw village, Sule clan, homestead of Ero Oyye, Iraqw people. 5-14167, acc no. 3650. Orig. No. JB50. File code: 1.5 July 25, 1981. Collector: J. Bacharach. Donor: Univ. Approp. Materials, techniques: Gourd, hollowed out, hole cut in top. Grown in owner's garden. Context of use: Used and made only by women. Used when milking cows. (VM noted the unusually small size of the specimen, may be a model?). Description: Container; gourd. Ht. 13 cm, diam. 16 cm. Small, circular hole at center top.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 5-14167, described as Sepai., Tanzania, Mbulu district, Guwangw village, Sule clan, homestead of Ero Oyye, Iraqw people. 5-14167, acc no. 3650. Orig. No. JB50. File code: 1.5 July 25, 1981. Collector: J. Bacharach. Donor: Univ. Approp. Materials, techniques: Gourd, hollowed out, hole cut in top. Grown in owner's garden. Context of use: Used and made only by women. Used when milking cows. (VM noted the unusually small size of the specimen, may be a model?). Description: Container; gourd. Ht. 13 cm, diam. 16 cm. Small, circular hole at center top.

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