Vessel

Museum number:
5-6656a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21056656a@2cb
Alternate number:
113 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Milk pot with lid; a) pot; hollowed wood cylinder with in-slanting neck; large panel of black painted incised interlocking triangle design; dia. 11 cm. height 19.6 cm b) Tutsi type cone lid; lower part is plug insert. Upper part conical; diameter 7 cm, height 12 cm; (overall height 28 cm). Used by men to hold milk. Collected Feb 1967.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Bukoto, Kampala, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Bukoto; (Wa) Tutsi (Murdock 45)
Culture or time period:
Wa Tutsi
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
Feb 1967
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Vessels (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Vessel, accession number 5-6656a,b, described as Milk pot with lid; a) pot; hollowed wood cylinder with in-slanting neck; large panel of black painted incised interlocking triangle design; dia. 11 cm. height 19.6 cm b) Tutsi type cone lid; lower part is plug insert. Upper part conical; diameter 7 cm, height 12 cm; (overall height 28 cm). Used by men to hold milk. Collected Feb 1967.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vessel, accession number 5-6656a,b, described as Milk pot with lid; a) pot; hollowed wood cylinder with in-slanting neck; large panel of black painted incised interlocking triangle design; dia. 11 cm. height 19.6 cm b) Tutsi type cone lid; lower part is plug insert. Upper part conical; diameter 7 cm, height 12 cm; (overall height 28 cm). Used by men to hold milk. Collected Feb 1967.

Tools