Container: Da Hangw Hecku (”Calabash for carrying water”); ovoid gourd with rectangular hole (2 x 3 cm) near top. Height 22 cm, diameter 19 cm (midbowl). Used to carry water. Finger is hooked into the hole at the top to carry it. Used by children.
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
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
August 1982
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1985-1986 #40: SFO Museum (May 21, 1986–October 17, 1986)