Beer straw

Museum number:
5-6019
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
18 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Beer straw for sucking beer (palm wine) from gourd cup; made by men. Hollow grass stem with palm tree bark fiber netting attached to one end; L. 22.5 cm
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kohleni, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Kenya; Kohleni; Jibane
Culture or time period:
Jibane
Collector:
Ronald J. Clarke
Collection date:
1964
Materials:
Bark (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1966
Context of use:
For sucking beer (palm wine) from gourd cup
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 22.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Beer straw, accession number 5-6019, described as Beer straw for sucking beer (palm wine) from gourd cup; made by men. Hollow grass stem with palm tree bark fiber netting attached to one end; L. 22.5 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Beer straw, accession number 5-6019, described as Beer straw for sucking beer (palm wine) from gourd cup; made by men. Hollow grass stem with palm tree bark fiber netting attached to one end; L. 22.5 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Beer straw, accession number 5-6019, described as Beer straw for sucking beer (palm wine) from gourd cup; made by men. Hollow grass stem with palm tree bark fiber netting attached to one end; L. 22.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beer straw, accession number 5-6019, described as Beer straw for sucking beer (palm wine) from gourd cup; made by men. Hollow grass stem with palm tree bark fiber netting attached to one end; L. 22.5 cm

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