- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Milk funnel. [BH [OPS move] 18/10/2016]
- Long description
- Milk funnel, made from a single piece of wood, with a copper alloy spout. The body has been perforated and a stripe of leather threaded through to form a handle. [BH [OPS move] 18/10/2016]
- Cultural groups
- Mwila
- Person
- Field collector Antoinette Powell-Cotton
- Field collector Diana Powell-Cotton
- PRM source Antoinette Powell-Cotton
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1936
- Date collected
- 1936 - 1937
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1940
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Brass Metal, Material Animal Leather Skin
- Dimensions
- Height: max 235 mm, Width: max 146 mm, Depth: max 141 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1940.7.235 Other numbers: 37.685
Search terms: Vessel, Food and Drink, Tool, Funnel, Food Accessory
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