Container and stopper

Museum number:
5-13322
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
JC38b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3332
Description:
A) Container and B) stopper. "Kul." A) wood; round base; wide thick neck with leather lip and single row of small white beads; multiple leather straps with cowrie shells. B) wood, conical with flat indented top; hole on one side. A) height: 28 cm (does not include straps); width: 19 cm. B) height: 22 cm; width: 12 cm.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Gob Ore, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya; Gob Ore; Rendille
Culture or time period:
Rendille
Collector:
Jean Colvin and University Research Expeditions Program
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
Used for storage in house on women's side. Sometimes taken for use at goat camp. Pour liquid into top and drink. Clean inside with burning charcoal.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Container and stopper, accession number 5-13322, described as A) Container and B) stopper. "Kul." A) wood; round base; wide thick neck with leather lip and single row of small white beads; multiple leather straps with cowrie shells. B) wood, conical with flat indented top; hole on one side. A) height: 28 cm (does not include straps); width: 19 cm. B) height: 22 cm; width: 12 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container and stopper, accession number 5-13322, described as A) Container and B) stopper. "Kul." A) wood; round base; wide thick neck with leather lip and single row of small white beads; multiple leather straps with cowrie shells. B) wood, conical with flat indented top; hole on one side. A) height: 28 cm (does not include straps); width: 19 cm. B) height: 22 cm; width: 12 cm.

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