Small Lidded Vessel W/ Carrier
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Aug 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1980 to 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Anita Sulieman
label: Donor Name
content: Foundation For Crosscultural Understanding
notes: label: Notes
content: GOURD CONTAINER HAS BASKETRY LID AND IS ATTACHED TO WOVEN CARRIER. VESSEL IS MADE OF BROWN GOURD, WITH THE OPENING COVERED WITH BASKETRY, STITCHED INTO GOURD(?) LID IS WOVEN FIBERS, HOUR-GLASS SHAPED, THE TOP HALF CONCAVE AND THE RIM COVERED WITH DARK BLUE CLOTH, SEWN W/ WHITE PLASTIC THREAD(?). LID IS INSERTED INTO OPENING OF GOURD VESSEL. BASKETRY CARRIER IS WOVEN FIBERS AND STIFF DRESSED SINEW OR SKIN STRIPS. AROUND THE OPENING OF CARRIER IS SEWN A STRIP OF WHITE CLOTH. CARRIER AND VESSEL ARE ATTACHED WITH THE VESSEL NESTLED INSIDE THE CARRIER AND STRIPS OF DRESSED SKIN ARE LOOPED THROUGH THE CARRIER AND AROUND THE NECK OF THE VESSEL. A LONG BRAID OF FIBERS IN NATURAL AND RED IS THREADED THROUGH A SLIT IN THE LEATHER AND WRAPPED AROUND THE NECK, FOR CARRYING(?).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Somalia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Somali
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409930
label: USNM Number
content: E428670-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Container
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 39 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 22 cm