Container

Museum number:
5-9899
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050009899
Accession number:
Acc.2542
Description:
Water container; ostrich egg; incised vertical and square with "X" inside design; grass handle; cir. 41.5 cm.
Donor:
Lynne Farmer and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kalahari Desert, Southern Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Kalahari Desert; Bushmen
Culture or time period:
San
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1976-1977 #43: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (January 31, 1977–February 28, 1977) and S1983-1984 #14: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Anderson (Hupa) (September 19, 1983–September 26, 1983)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 5-9899, described as Water container; ostrich egg; incised vertical and square with "X" inside design; grass handle; cir. 41.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 5-9899, described as Water container; ostrich egg; incised vertical and square with "X" inside design; grass handle; cir. 41.5 cm.

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