Pot

Museum number:
5-13100
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013100
Description:
I-thing., Kenya, Basuba, Boni. August, 1975. 5-13100, acc no. 3174. File code: 5.5 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Clay is shaped and dried for two days in the sun, then fired in garden refuse Context of use: Made by special Boni women and used for grinding tobacco. This one was made in 1975. Description: Pot; clay, untied; Height 5 cm. Diameter 11 cm.
Collection place:
Basuba, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya, Basuba, Boni
Culture or time period:
Aweer people
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Collection date:
August, 1975
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pots (containers)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pot, accession number 5-13100, described as I-thing., Kenya, Basuba, Boni. August, 1975. 5-13100, acc no. 3174. File code: 5.5 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Clay is shaped and dried for two days in the sun, then fired in garden refuse Context of use: Made by special Boni women and used for grinding tobacco. This one was made in 1975. Description: Pot; clay, untied; Height 5 cm. Diameter 11 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pot, accession number 5-13100, described as I-thing., Kenya, Basuba, Boni. August, 1975. 5-13100, acc no. 3174. File code: 5.5 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Clay is shaped and dried for two days in the sun, then fired in garden refuse Context of use: Made by special Boni women and used for grinding tobacco. This one was made in 1975. Description: Pot; clay, untied; Height 5 cm. Diameter 11 cm.

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