Bag

Museum number:
5-6818a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21056818a@2cb
Alternate number:
36 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Hide bag with plugs; a) bag; of 2 pieces of camel (?) hide; neck inserts into globular body with strand of fiber as caulking; braided hide handle attached to neck; b) wooden plug with hole through top; diameter 34 cm, height 45 cm. Used by men and women to store milk, ghi, or grain. Collected Dec 1966.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moroto, Northern Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Moroto; Karamojong (Murdock 43:21) (Prob. Turkana Origin)
Culture or time period:
Karamojong
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
Dec 1966
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 5-6818a,b, described as Hide bag with plugs; a) bag; of 2 pieces of camel (?) hide; neck inserts into globular body with strand of fiber as caulking; braided hide handle attached to neck; b) wooden plug with hole through top; diameter 34 cm, height 45 cm. Used by men and women to store milk, ghi, or grain. Collected Dec 1966.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 5-6818a,b, described as Hide bag with plugs; a) bag; of 2 pieces of camel (?) hide; neck inserts into globular body with strand of fiber as caulking; braided hide handle attached to neck; b) wooden plug with hole through top; diameter 34 cm, height 45 cm. Used by men and women to store milk, ghi, or grain. Collected Dec 1966.

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