Beer flask

Museum number:
9-17638
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4069
Description:
Flask, wood; cylindrical with a neck. Three brass bands, one around the top, middle and bottom. height, 26 cm base; diameter- 11 cm. Called “kare rakum.” Used by men for alcoholic beverages (fermented grain beer or distilled grain alcohol). When men are drinking together, the alcohol is poured directly into the users without touching the lips.
Donor:
Merritt T. Cooke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Manang, Nepal
Verbatim coll. place:
Manangi tribe; Manang,Nepal
Collector:
Merritt T. Cooke
Collection date:
July 1985
Materials:
Brass (alloy) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
diameter 27.94 centimeters and height 66.04 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Beer flask, accession number 9-17638, described as Flask, wood; cylindrical with a neck. Three brass bands, one around the top, middle and bottom. height, 26 cm base; diameter- 11 cm. Called “kare rakum.” Used by men for alcoholic beverages (fermented grain beer or distilled grain alcohol). When men are drinking together, the alcohol is poured directly into the users without touching the lips.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Beer flask, accession number 9-17638, described as Flask, wood; cylindrical with a neck. Three brass bands, one around the top, middle and bottom. height, 26 cm base; diameter- 11 cm. Called “kare rakum.” Used by men for alcoholic beverages (fermented grain beer or distilled grain alcohol). When men are drinking together, the alcohol is poured directly into the users without touching the lips.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Beer flask, accession number 9-17638, described as Flask, wood; cylindrical with a neck. Three brass bands, one around the top, middle and bottom. height, 26 cm base; diameter- 11 cm. Called “kare rakum.” Used by men for alcoholic beverages (fermented grain beer or distilled grain alcohol). When men are drinking together, the alcohol is poured directly into the users without touching the lips.

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