Basketry wedding milk 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: Round, stiff container and small lid, both covered in twined basketry. Leather straps wrap around the middle and sides, and hang freely from the sides and bottom.
label: Notes
content: Donor's notes describe this as a "Gabra (chicho)/Rendille (gigo) ritual wedding milk container, woven basketry using bark of the asparagus root... Hung within the man at the rear wall (utubu boru). Featured in the film Nagayati." References: Prussin, "Gabra containers," African Arts XX, 2 (1987) for description of construction and usage. Grum in Prussin, African Nomadic Architecture for Rendille usage. Jones, Shepherds of the Desert, p 147.
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 (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420734
label: USNM Number
content: E431642-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Milk Container
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Cap
content: 8 cm
label: Height - Cap
content: 5.5 cm
label: Length - Container
content: 18 cm
label: Width - Container
content: 15 cm
label: Height - Container
content: 19 cm