Container with lid

Museum number:
5-15432a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210515432a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4477
Description:
a) Container: cylindrical, wood, with leather bottom and carrying strap around middle. etc. Height 26.0 cm. Diameter 19.2 cm. b) lid for above: leather. Height ca 4.5 cm. Diameter 20.0 cm. Made of Ishponed wood and cowhide. Used for storage of tobacco
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Tanzania; Lalu
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Container with lid, accession number 5-15432a,b, described as a) Container: cylindrical, wood, with leather bottom and carrying strap around middle. etc. Height 26.0 cm. Diameter 19.2 cm. b) lid for above: leather. Height ca 4.5 cm. Diameter 20.0 cm. Made of Ishponed wood and cowhide. Used for storage of tobacco
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container with lid, accession number 5-15432a,b, described as a) Container: cylindrical, wood, with leather bottom and carrying strap around middle. etc. Height 26.0 cm. Diameter 19.2 cm. b) lid for above: leather. Height ca 4.5 cm. Diameter 20.0 cm. Made of Ishponed wood and cowhide. Used for storage of tobacco

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