vessel
- Museum number
- Af1947,34.5.a
- Description
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Composite vessel of wood with stretched hide base strung onto thong encirling waist, from which hangs a plaited leather suspension thong. Used for fat or ghee.
- Dimensions
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Height: 25.50 centimetres (a + b)
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Height: 24 centimetres (a)
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Height: 3.80 centimetres (b)
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Width: 18 centimetres (a)
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Width: 11 centimetres (b)
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Depth: 19 centimetres (a)
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Depth: 10.20 centimetres (b)
- Curator's comments
- Accompanies lid Af1947,34.5b.
Register 1947:
Composite vessel of wood with stretched hide lid & similar base strung onto thong encirling waist, from which is a plaited suspension thong.
5-7 "EBUK"- receptacle for keeping fat or ghee.
native prices [for Af1947,34.5,6 & 7] 1/-, 2/-,3/-
"Collected by the donor in about 1932."
TURKANA.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1947
- Acquisition notes
- Register 1947:
"Collected by the donor in about 1932."
native prices [for Af1947,34.5,6 & 7] 1/-, 2/-,3/-
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1947,34.5.a
