Jug "Buli" And Carrier "Yala"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1975 to 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Margaret Sullivan
label: Donor Name
content: Margaret Sullivan
notes: label: Notes
content: LARGE GOURD JUG COULD BE MADE FROM EITHER "CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS" OR THE VINE "CUCUMEROPSIS EDULIS." JUG HAS WOODEN CONICAL STOPPER, CARRIED IN RAFFIA CARRIER. BODY OF JUG IS DARK BROWN W/ DISCOLORATION & THE INITIALS "J M A" IN BLACK NEAR THE OPENING. JOINT BETWEEN OPENING & NECK HAS A BRAIDED RING, COVERED W/ A CRUMBLY EARTH-LIKE SUBSTANCE. STOPPER HAS A LONG STEM W/ ROUNDED FINIAL, PAINTED BLACK. RAFFIA CARRIER IS THIN & IS NATURAL TAN COLOR. CONDITION: CRACKED AREA NEAR TOP OF NECK. REPAIRED BY BALI MARA (MALE) AND YUMPU SESSAY. HOLDS PALM WINE. CARRIER NAME "YULA" MEANS "HAMMOCK FOR EVERYDAY USE." SEE MANUSCRIPT P. 62, CATALOG PP. 12-13, 21.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Konkoba, Koinadugu District, Northern Province, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Limba
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427417-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Jug
physicalDescription: label: Height - W/carrier
content: 69 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 35 cm