Milk pot

Museum number:
5-7873
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
129 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Native name: Ebur Milk pot; carved from one piece of wood; elongated globular shape; flat base; bottom covered with hide; height: 20 cm; diameter: 10 cm. Used to hold milk or ghi Made by men
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moroto, Northern Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Moroto; Karamojong (Murdock 43:21)
Culture or time period:
Karamojong
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
May 1967
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Milk pot, accession number 5-7873, described as Native name: Ebur Milk pot; carved from one piece of wood; elongated globular shape; flat base; bottom covered with hide; height: 20 cm; diameter: 10 cm. Used to hold milk or ghi Made by men
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Milk pot, accession number 5-7873, described as Native name: Ebur Milk pot; carved from one piece of wood; elongated globular shape; flat base; bottom covered with hide; height: 20 cm; diameter: 10 cm. Used to hold milk or ghi Made by men

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