Trough

Museum number:
5-13652
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013652
Alternate number:
45b
Accession number:
Acc.3433
Description:
DARR., Kenya; Gob Dogo (village); Rendille. Summer, 1978. 5-13652, acc no. 3433. Orig. No. 45b. File code: 1.3 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Soft wood of Bubunto (birch) tree, these can also be made of Hagar wood, cut with panga and dug out with gedis. Context of use: Water trough for camels; but used for watering other types of animals also; kept in Gob (village) by camel owner's house made by warriors and elders. Used during the Almado ceremony-brought to Nabo to put milk into. Description: Trough; wood, elongated bowl, half cylinder shaped; carved wood with handles (one handle broken in mailing); H=23 cm. L=1.27M W=30.5 cm. Reference: for additional information, please see field sheet #TN 45B
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Gob Dogo, Marsabit, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya; Gob Dogo (village); Rendille
Culture or time period:
Rendille
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Collection date:
1978
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Trough, accession number 5-13652, described as DARR., Kenya; Gob Dogo (village); Rendille. Summer, 1978. 5-13652, acc no. 3433. Orig. No. 45b. File code: 1.3 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Soft wood of Bubunto (birch) tree, these can also be made of Hagar wood, cut with panga and dug out with gedis. Context of use: Water trough for camels; but used for watering other types of animals also; kept in Gob (village) by camel owner's house made by warriors and elders. Used during the Almado ceremony-brought to Nabo to put milk into. Description: Trough; wood, elongated bowl, half cylinder shaped; carved wood with handles (one handle broken in mailing); H=23 cm. L=1.27M W=30.5 cm. Reference: for additional information, please see field sheet #TN 45B
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trough, accession number 5-13652, described as DARR., Kenya; Gob Dogo (village); Rendille. Summer, 1978. 5-13652, acc no. 3433. Orig. No. 45b. File code: 1.3 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Soft wood of Bubunto (birch) tree, these can also be made of Hagar wood, cut with panga and dug out with gedis. Context of use: Water trough for camels; but used for watering other types of animals also; kept in Gob (village) by camel owner's house made by warriors and elders. Used during the Almado ceremony-brought to Nabo to put milk into. Description: Trough; wood, elongated bowl, half cylinder shaped; carved wood with handles (one handle broken in mailing); H=23 cm. L=1.27M W=30.5 cm. Reference: for additional information, please see field sheet #TN 45B

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