Container

Museum number:
5-15429
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015429
Accession number:
Acc.4477
Description:
Storage container: made from sow dung, ash, and water; conical shape. Storage container for beans, grain or salt. Height 34.5 cm. Base Diameter 38.5 cm. Rim Diameter 20.0 cm.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Tanzania; Ghidaghalalanda; Watotoga; Barabaig; made by Gidagheet
Culture or time period:
Barabaig
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 5-15429, described as Storage container: made from sow dung, ash, and water; conical shape. Storage container for beans, grain or salt. Height 34.5 cm. Base Diameter 38.5 cm. Rim Diameter 20.0 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 5-15429, described as Storage container: made from sow dung, ash, and water; conical shape. Storage container for beans, grain or salt. Height 34.5 cm. Base Diameter 38.5 cm. Rim Diameter 20.0 cm.

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