Gourd instrument

Museum number:
5-13390
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013390
Alternate number:
71a
Accession number:
Acc.3332
Description:
Khu-lam., Kenya, Gob Dogo, Rendille. Summer, 1977. 5-13390, acc no. 3332. Orig. No. 71a. File code: 1.3 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Made of calabash with hole and top removed Context of use: Milk bottle for giving milk to young camels whose mother has died- pour into animal's mouth- mornings and evenings- used by men- made by women. Description: Milk bottle= small, round calabash with 1.5 cm diameter hole on one side L=13 cm. W=7.0 cm. References: for additional information see field sheets in acc. env.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Gob Dogo, Marsabit, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya, Gob Dogo, Rendille
Culture or time period:
Rendille
Collector:
Jean Colvin and University Research Expeditions Program
Collection date:
Summer, 1977
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd instrument, accession number 5-13390, described as Khu-lam., Kenya, Gob Dogo, Rendille. Summer, 1977. 5-13390, acc no. 3332. Orig. No. 71a. File code: 1.3 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Made of calabash with hole and top removed Context of use: Milk bottle for giving milk to young camels whose mother has died- pour into animal's mouth- mornings and evenings- used by men- made by women. Description: Milk bottle= small, round calabash with 1.5 cm diameter hole on one side L=13 cm. W=7.0 cm. References: for additional information see field sheets in acc. env.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd instrument, accession number 5-13390, described as Khu-lam., Kenya, Gob Dogo, Rendille. Summer, 1977. 5-13390, acc no. 3332. Orig. No. 71a. File code: 1.3 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Made of calabash with hole and top removed Context of use: Milk bottle for giving milk to young camels whose mother has died- pour into animal's mouth- mornings and evenings- used by men- made by women. Description: Milk bottle= small, round calabash with 1.5 cm diameter hole on one side L=13 cm. W=7.0 cm. References: for additional information see field sheets in acc. env.

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