Drinking horn

Museum number:
5-6944
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006944
Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Uvya" horn for beer with pointed tip/ handle. For drinking beer by men. Found in a Masai village.
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Olorgesailie, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya; Olorgessailie; Kamba
Culture or time period:
Kamba and Maasai people
Collector:
Ronald J. Clarke
Materials:
Horn (animal material) (cow)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Drinking horn, accession number 5-6944, described as Uvya" horn for beer with pointed tip/ handle. For drinking beer by men. Found in a Masai village.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drinking horn, accession number 5-6944, described as Uvya" horn for beer with pointed tip/ handle. For drinking beer by men. Found in a Masai village.

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