Vessel

AF2296

From: Kenya | British East Africa | Ukamba

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF2296
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Akamba
Provenience Kenya | British East Africa | Ukamba
Section African
Materials Gourd | Leather | Cowrie Shell
Description

Gourd vessel. With strap decorated with cowries and stopper made from top of another gourd. Contained "nthoko," a kind of bean stopper used as a cup.

Height 32 cm
Outside Diameter 19.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lawson S. Propst and William Wight, 1916

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