Gourd Water/Milk Container
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Jul 1997
label: Collection Date
content: 1966 to 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Diana S. Field
label: Donor Name
content: Diana S. Field
notes: label: Notes
content: CYLINDRICAL GOURD CONTAINER, BURNISHED ORANGE-BROWN. HAS LID MADE OF HARDENED ANIMAL HIDE. CARRYING STRAP IS THIN HIDE INSERTED THROUGH HIDE BUCKLES GLUED & SEWN TO EITHER SIDE OF GOURD. ENDS OF STRAP ARE ALSO GLUED & SEWN TO THE SIDES. LID IS ATTACHED TO HIDE STRIP THAT IS ALSO INSERTED THROUGH ONE BUCKLE. STRAP IS PARTIALLY DECORATED W/ WHITE COWRIE SHELLS. BUCKLES ARE DECORATED W/ GLASS BEADS IN WHITE, ORANGE, DARK BLUE, & SKY BLUE. ALSO HAS THREAD DESIGN. LID STRAP IS DECORATED IN MULTICOLORED BEADS. TOP OF LID HAS BEADWORK & COWRIE SHELLS DESIGN. BOTTOM EDGE OF LID IS TRIMMED W/ BEADWORK & PART OF A METAL ZIPPER. TOP EDGE OF LID IS SEWN W/ COPPER WIRE. ALL BEADWORK ARE SEWN ON W/ COTTON THREAD.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kenya, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kalengi/Masai (Maasai) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416097
label: USNM Number
content: E427912-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Container
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 42 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 15 cm