Cylindrical wooden drinking vessel's stopper. The upper flask or beaker of a larger object. For the first part see [1999.20.11 .1] [RM [OPS move] 20/9/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Cylindrical wooden drinking vessel's stopper. The upper flask or beaker of a larger object. For the first part see [1999.20.11 .1] [RM [OPS move] 20/9/2016]
Long description: Vessel of wood and leather for storing and carrying milk. The vessel itself (.1) is of wood to which a leather neck is stitched with plant fibre. Strips of cow hide (?) are stuck to the outside of the vessel to form a sort of cradle to which a goat-skin (?) carrying strap is attached. A crack has been repaired with metal stitching. The cup (.2) is of wood. Puzzling it has an apparently deliberately made hole in the base. [JC 30 6 1999]
Geographical reference: Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya; Turkana Ngilukumong
Cultural groups: Turkana
Person: Field collector George Monbiot; Field collector Adrian Arbib; PRM source George Monbiot
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1993
Date collected: early 1993
Acquisition information: Donated: 1999
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Cattle Skin Animal, Material Goat Skin Animal, Material Plant Fibre, Material Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Stitched, Process Plaited, Process Repaired (local)
Dimensions: Diameter: max 152 mm total, Diameter: max 152 mm, Height: max 403 mm total, Height: max 215 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1999.20.11.2