Milk pot

Museum number:
5-6882
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
62 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Native name: Ebur Milk pot (or ghi container) and lid; a) Pot; carved from one piece of wood; elongated globular shape; flat base; bottom covered with hide; leather strap; b) lid; leather; h. 29 cm; dia. 16 cm. Used by men and women to store milk, ghi, or honey 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:
Dec 1966
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 5-6882, described as Native name: Ebur Milk pot (or ghi container) and lid; a) Pot; carved from one piece of wood; elongated globular shape; flat base; bottom covered with hide; leather strap; b) lid; leather; h. 29 cm; dia. 16 cm. Used by men and women to store milk, ghi, or honey Made by men
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Milk pot, accession number 5-6882, described as Native name: Ebur Milk pot (or ghi container) and lid; a) Pot; carved from one piece of wood; elongated globular shape; flat base; bottom covered with hide; leather strap; b) lid; leather; h. 29 cm; dia. 16 cm. Used by men and women to store milk, ghi, or honey Made by men

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