Butter oil gourd container
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Nov 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1989 to 1990
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
notes: label: Notes
content: Gourd, dried and stained dark reddish brown. Two strips of leather extend around the sides, intersecting at the bottom and connecting at the neck. Short leather strap for handle. Wooden stopper attached with strip of leather.
label: Notes
content: Donor's notes describe this as a "butter oil storage gourd container. Used by women to anoint themselves during wedding ritual."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jan 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kenya, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gabra (?)
label: Culture
content: Rendille (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420734
label: USNM Number
content: E431641-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Container
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 11.5 cm
label: Width
content: 11 cm
label: Height
content: 19 cm