Leather milking pail
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Nov 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1990
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
notes: label: Notes
content: Pouch made of very thick, stiff leather. Two finger-size holes near top edge. Signs of heavy use and wear.
label: Notes
content: Donor's notes describe this as a "Gabra/Rendille (okole) milking pail made from giraffe hide sewn along one edge. Used only by men, who are the only ones permitted to milk the camels, in contrast to the women, who milk the goats. Also part of the Gabra kolompte age-set ritual." References: Prussin. African Nomadic Architecture. p 161.
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: E431638-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Milk Pail
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 15.5 cm
label: Width
content: 13 cm
label: Height
content: 22 cm