Container

Museum number:
5-14163
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014163
Accession number:
Acc.3650
Description:
Quareamo., Tanzania, Mbulu district, Guwangw village, Hay-Lolo clan, Showri Tluway's house, Iraqw people. 5-14163, acc no. 3650. Orig. No. JB51. File code: 1.5 July 30, 1981. Collector: J. Bacharach. Donor: Univ. Approp. Materials, techniques: Garden grown gourd, cut and hollowed out; taken dry from the garden. Context of use: Used for food container. Made previous year. Used by men and women. Description: Container; gourd; ovoid half gourd. Ht. 14 cm, mouth diam. 25 cm.
Donor:
Jean Colvin and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Guwangw, Mbulu District, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanzania; Mbulu district; Guwangw village; Iraqw
Culture or time period:
Iraqw People
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
August 1982
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 5-14163, described as Quareamo., Tanzania, Mbulu district, Guwangw village, Hay-Lolo clan, Showri Tluway's house, Iraqw people. 5-14163, acc no. 3650. Orig. No. JB51. File code: 1.5 July 30, 1981. Collector: J. Bacharach. Donor: Univ. Approp. Materials, techniques: Garden grown gourd, cut and hollowed out; taken dry from the garden. Context of use: Used for food container. Made previous year. Used by men and women. Description: Container; gourd; ovoid half gourd. Ht. 14 cm, mouth diam. 25 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 5-14163, described as Quareamo., Tanzania, Mbulu district, Guwangw village, Hay-Lolo clan, Showri Tluway's house, Iraqw people. 5-14163, acc no. 3650. Orig. No. JB51. File code: 1.5 July 30, 1981. Collector: J. Bacharach. Donor: Univ. Approp. Materials, techniques: Garden grown gourd, cut and hollowed out; taken dry from the garden. Context of use: Used for food container. Made previous year. Used by men and women. Description: Container; gourd; ovoid half gourd. Ht. 14 cm, mouth diam. 25 cm.

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