Gorud bowl

Museum number:
5-13084
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013084
Description:
Focho., Kenya, Basuba, Boni. August 7, 1975. 5-13084, acc no. 3174. File code: 1.5 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Gourd cut in half Context of use: Used as a bowl for holding maize flour during the grinding and winnowing process, cut by Boni men used mainly by women (part of inside chipped away at top). Description: Bowl; partical gourd; height 9 cm., diameter 14 cm.
Collection place:
Basuba, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya, Basuba, Boni
Culture or time period:
Aweer people
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Collection date:
August 7, 1975
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Gorud bowl, accession number 5-13084, described as Focho., Kenya, Basuba, Boni. August 7, 1975. 5-13084, acc no. 3174. File code: 1.5 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Gourd cut in half Context of use: Used as a bowl for holding maize flour during the grinding and winnowing process, cut by Boni men used mainly by women (part of inside chipped away at top). Description: Bowl; partical gourd; height 9 cm., diameter 14 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gorud bowl, accession number 5-13084, described as Focho., Kenya, Basuba, Boni. August 7, 1975. 5-13084, acc no. 3174. File code: 1.5 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Gourd cut in half Context of use: Used as a bowl for holding maize flour during the grinding and winnowing process, cut by Boni men used mainly by women (part of inside chipped away at top). Description: Bowl; partical gourd; height 9 cm., diameter 14 cm.

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