Relatively large gourd with a curved neck, used for honey beer. The vessel has a hole on the main body and the neck. Three nuts or seeds are inside the gourd.

Collection type: Object
Description: Relatively large gourd with a curved neck, used for honey beer. The vessel has a hole on the main body and the neck. Three nuts or seeds are inside the gourd.
Geographical reference: Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya; South East of Mount Kenya
Cultural groups: Tharaka
Person: Field collector Jean Brown Sassoon; PRM source Jean Brown Sassoon
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1968
Date collected: 1968
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1968
Materials and processes: Material Gourd Plant, Material Plant Seed, Material Plant Nut, Process Perforated, Process Repaired (local)
Dimensions: Height: max 530 mm, Width: max 240 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1968.20.86 Other numbers: TH4