Milk pail

Museum number:
5-6890
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006890
Alternate number:
70 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Native name: Elepit Milking pail; carved from one piece of wood; pitcher-shaped; flat base; pouring spout; small wire handle; h. 29.5; dia. 14 cm. Used by men to hold milk from cow Made by men
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moroto, Northern Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Moroto; Karamojong (Murdock 43:21)
Culture or time period:
Karamojong
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry and 1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Milk pail, accession number 5-6890, described as Native name: Elepit Milking pail; carved from one piece of wood; pitcher-shaped; flat base; pouring spout; small wire handle; h. 29.5; dia. 14 cm. Used by men to hold milk from cow Made by men
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Milk pail, accession number 5-6890, described as Native name: Elepit Milking pail; carved from one piece of wood; pitcher-shaped; flat base; pouring spout; small wire handle; h. 29.5; dia. 14 cm. Used by men to hold milk from cow Made by men

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