Beer strainer

Museum number:
5-15334
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
xix(b) (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4449
Description:
Beer strainer; wire handle wrapped in red and blue plastic fabric, wrapped around body of strainer; base of handle wrapped with red telephone wire; body of strainer made of coiled galvanized wire, strands held apart by green and brown telephone wire; length 26.4 cm; diameter of strainer 5.8 cm.
Donor:
Margot Winer and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Republic of South Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
South Africa; Xhosa
Culture or time period:
Xhosa
Collector:
Margot Winer
Collection date:
October-December 1989
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Beer strainers, and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
January 1990
Context of use:
Used to skim froth, foreign objects, etc., from home-brewed beer.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Beer strainer, accession number 5-15334, described as Beer strainer; wire handle wrapped in red and blue plastic fabric, wrapped around body of strainer; base of handle wrapped with red telephone wire; body of strainer made of coiled galvanized wire, strands held apart by green and brown telephone wire; length 26.4 cm; diameter of strainer 5.8 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beer strainer, accession number 5-15334, described as Beer strainer; wire handle wrapped in red and blue plastic fabric, wrapped around body of strainer; base of handle wrapped with red telephone wire; body of strainer made of coiled galvanized wire, strands held apart by green and brown telephone wire; length 26.4 cm; diameter of strainer 5.8 cm.

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