Ladle/Funnel (Omutaho)
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: "THIS IS A CALABASH OF THE OLUSHUBU VARIETY WHOSE BOWL HAS BEEN CUT IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO THE CENTRAL AXIS OF THE CALABASH, AND WHOSE NECK HAS BEEN TRUNCATED WITH A PLANE THAT INTERSECTS THE AFOREMENTIONED PLANE ON AN APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGRE ANGLE. HAS BOTH CEREMONIAL & NON-CEREMONIAL USES....WEAR LINES FROM SCOOPING CAN BE SEEN BELOW THE LARGE OPENING. THE MARK (*) ON THIS OMUTAHO (AT BASE OF NECK) IS A PERSONAL PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION." P. SEITEL.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: E422177-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ladle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 38.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 15.5 cm