Beer filter

Museum number:
5-6642
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006642
Alternate number:
141 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Beer filter; head of "universal" type tube filter; grasses woven into tear drop shape; end left loose above woven part.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Kampala (ba); Ganda (Murdock 45:9)
Culture or time period:
Ganda
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beer strainers
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1967
Context of use:
Used by men and women to filter beer while drinking.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 1.5 centimeters and length 14 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Beer filter, accession number 5-6642, described as Beer filter; head of "universal" type tube filter; grasses woven into tear drop shape; end left loose above woven part.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beer filter, accession number 5-6642, described as Beer filter; head of "universal" type tube filter; grasses woven into tear drop shape; end left loose above woven part.

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