Container

Museum number:
5-14162
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014162
Accession number:
Acc.3650
Description:
Qwareamo (container of gourd)., Tanzania, Mbulu district, Datlaa village, Hay-Pareto clan, house of Karatu Gadne, Iraqw people. 5-14162, acc no. 3650. Orig. No. JB27. File code: 1.5 July 30, 1981. Collector: J. Bacharach. Donor: Univ. Approp. Materials, techniques: Calabash, hollowed out with knife, mended with fiber cords in three locations. Context of use: Used to serve maize. Made by father of owner (Gadiye). Wife cannot mention name of father-in-law. Used by women and older girls. Description: Container; gourd, half ovoid, hollowed kidney-shaped; mended. Ht. 15 cm, diam. of mouth 27 cm max.
Donor:
Jean Colvin and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Datlaa, Mbulu District, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanzania; Mbulu district; Datlaa village; Iraqw
Culture or time period:
Iraqw People
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
August 1982
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1985-1986 #40: SFO Museum (May 21, 1986–October 17, 1986)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 5-14162, described as Qwareamo (container of gourd)., Tanzania, Mbulu district, Datlaa village, Hay-Pareto clan, house of Karatu Gadne, Iraqw people. 5-14162, acc no. 3650. Orig. No. JB27. File code: 1.5 July 30, 1981. Collector: J. Bacharach. Donor: Univ. Approp. Materials, techniques: Calabash, hollowed out with knife, mended with fiber cords in three locations. Context of use: Used to serve maize. Made by father of owner (Gadiye). Wife cannot mention name of father-in-law. Used by women and older girls. Description: Container; gourd, half ovoid, hollowed kidney-shaped; mended. Ht. 15 cm, diam. of mouth 27 cm max.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 5-14162, described as Qwareamo (container of gourd)., Tanzania, Mbulu district, Datlaa village, Hay-Pareto clan, house of Karatu Gadne, Iraqw people. 5-14162, acc no. 3650. Orig. No. JB27. File code: 1.5 July 30, 1981. Collector: J. Bacharach. Donor: Univ. Approp. Materials, techniques: Calabash, hollowed out with knife, mended with fiber cords in three locations. Context of use: Used to serve maize. Made by father of owner (Gadiye). Wife cannot mention name of father-in-law. Used by women and older girls. Description: Container; gourd, half ovoid, hollowed kidney-shaped; mended. Ht. 15 cm, diam. of mouth 27 cm max.

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