Gourd

Museum number:
5-7031
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
108 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Gourd container with anthropomorphic design etched on outer surface. Used by both men and women as a container for milk and beer. The two holes in the neck are for stringing it together with other gourds.
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Pening, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanzania; Pening; Wa-Sonjo
Culture or time period:
Wa Sonjo
Collector:
Ronald J. Clarke
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gourds (plant components)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1966
Context of use:
Used by both men and women as a container for milk and beer. The two holes in the neck are for stringing it together with other gourds.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
gourd— diameter 12 centimeters and gourd— height 52 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd, accession number 5-7031, described as Gourd container with anthropomorphic design etched on outer surface. Used by both men and women as a container for milk and beer. The two holes in the neck are for stringing it together with other gourds.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd, accession number 5-7031, described as Gourd container with anthropomorphic design etched on outer surface. Used by both men and women as a container for milk and beer. The two holes in the neck are for stringing it together with other gourds.

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