Beer (pombe) holder made of gourd with a long thin wooden handle made from a length of wood. [NC 13/08/2015]

Collection type: Object
Description: Beer (pombe) holder made of gourd with a long thin wooden handle made from a length of wood. [NC 13/08/2015]
Long description: Beer (pombe) holder made of gourd with a long thin wooden handle made from a length of wood. The container has either small glass beads or paint embedded into the surface. [NC 13/08/2015]
Geographical reference: Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya; Tanzania, United Republic of
Africa > Eastern Africa > Tanzania, United Republic of
Person: Field collector Phoebe Somers; PRM source Juliet Pannett
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1960
Date collected: Circa 1960?
Acquisition information: Donated: 15/03/1996
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Gourd Plant, Material String, Material Glass, Material Bead, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions: Height: max 180 mm container, Diameter: max 80 mm container, Length 451 mm handle
Object numbers: Accession number: 1996.21.8
Research and responses: In 2020 the Pitt Rivers Museum was a partner in the project lead by the Horniman Museum 'Rethinking Relationships and Building Trust around African Collections' The project commissioned community researchers from Africa to develop new practice around Kenyan and Nigerian collections at the Horniman, the Pitt Rivers Museum, the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the World Museum in Liverpool. These comments are from community researcher Njeri Gachihi: "Closely related to 1996.21.13. The only difference is that this one is used as a serving vessel scooping the njohi from the ndua (open mouth beer brewing gourd). A ndahi is improvised by attaching to it a long stick to serve the purpose of a scoop. ." [FB 5/1/2021]

Search terms: Food and Drink, Vessel, Food Accessory, Spoon