Beer Calabash "Kishushi"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 May 1982
label: Collection Date
content: 1980
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Peter Seitel
label: Donor Name
content: Smithsonian Folklife Program
notes: label: Notes
content: LARGE, GLOBULAR CALABASH WITH SLIGHTLY CROOKED NECK. NATIVE MEND ON BODY. NARROW STRIPS OF PAPYRUS TIED TOGETHER TO FORM DECORATIVE COVER FOR NECK (ESISHA), L. CA. 38CM. "KISHUSI EKISHEMBILE N'ESISHA*CALABASH PUT INTO USE IN 1968 OR 1969...., PAPYRUS WRAPPING ADDED IN AUGUST OF 1980. A CALABASH CONTAINING BEER IS DECORATED LIKE THIS WHEN, IN THE COURSE OF A HAYA MARRIAGE PROCESS, BEER IS SENT FROM THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE GROOM TO THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE BRIDE OR VICE VERSA."-P.SEITEL. *CALABASH DECORATED WITH PAPYRUS...
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Maruku Village, Kagera Region, Tanzania, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Haya
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 349806
label: USNM Number
content: E422176-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Calabash
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 51.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 35.5 cm