Wooden mug

Museum number:
5-13663
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
43c
Accession number:
Acc.3433
Description:
NYA-TUBA., Kenya; Gob Dogo (village); Rendille. Summer, 1978. 5-13663, acc no. 3433. Orig. No. 43c. File code: 1.5 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Hagar tree wood. Cut tree with panga; dug out with chisel and adze, smoothed with stone and sometimes covered with red ochre and oil. Context of use: Made by women, men or girls. Used as a cup or bowl for drinking tea, milk, blood or water. Also used to eat porridge. Used by anyone. Description: Cup; wood with handle. H=15 cm. Diam.=13 cm. Reference: for additional information, please see field sheet #JC 43C
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:
Mugs (cups)
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden mug, accession number 5-13663, described as NYA-TUBA., Kenya; Gob Dogo (village); Rendille. Summer, 1978. 5-13663, acc no. 3433. Orig. No. 43c. File code: 1.5 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Hagar tree wood. Cut tree with panga; dug out with chisel and adze, smoothed with stone and sometimes covered with red ochre and oil. Context of use: Made by women, men or girls. Used as a cup or bowl for drinking tea, milk, blood or water. Also used to eat porridge. Used by anyone. Description: Cup; wood with handle. H=15 cm. Diam.=13 cm. Reference: for additional information, please see field sheet #JC 43C

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