Pot stand

Museum number:
5-6660a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
177 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Pot stand; 2 natural branches (bark off); a) top section; stem & 5 radial branch extensions wrapped with twisted grass fiber in alternating black & brown bands; w. a) 152 cm, b) 142 cm; height 115 cm. Native name: Mutaijara. Used by men and women to put pot on after cooking. Collected Aug 1967.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mbarara, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Mbarara; (Wa) Tutsi (Murdock 45)
Culture or time period:
Wa Tutsi
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
Aug 1967
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pot stands
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Pot stand, accession number 5-6660a,b, described as Pot stand; 2 natural branches (bark off); a) top section; stem & 5 radial branch extensions wrapped with twisted grass fiber in alternating black & brown bands; w. a) 152 cm, b) 142 cm; height 115 cm. Native name: Mutaijara. Used by men and women to put pot on after cooking. Collected Aug 1967.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Pot stand, accession number 5-6660a,b, described as Pot stand; 2 natural branches (bark off); a) top section; stem & 5 radial branch extensions wrapped with twisted grass fiber in alternating black & brown bands; w. a) 152 cm, b) 142 cm; height 115 cm. Native name: Mutaijara. Used by men and women to put pot on after cooking. Collected Aug 1967.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pot stand, accession number 5-6660a,b, described as Pot stand; 2 natural branches (bark off); a) top section; stem & 5 radial branch extensions wrapped with twisted grass fiber in alternating black & brown bands; w. a) 152 cm, b) 142 cm; height 115 cm. Native name: Mutaijara. Used by men and women to put pot on after cooking. Collected Aug 1967.

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