lidded drinking gourd, unrecorded Maasai artist

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unrecorded Maasai artist, lidded drinking gourd
unrecorded Maasai artist, lidded drinking gourd
unrecorded Maasai artist
lidded drinking gourd
early 1900s–1968
lidded drinking gourd, early 1900s–1968
Where object was made: Kenya
Material/technique: gourd; leather; cowrie shell; plant fiber; beading
Dimensions:
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 76.5 x 13 cm height includes handle
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 26 9/16 x 5 1/8 in
Credit line: Gift of Karen Sueetta Joyce
Accession number: 2007.2904
Not on display
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Label texts

archive label, 16 February 1989:
A decorated calabash is commonly used by children and adults to carry a "yogurt"-like food which consists of cow's blood, urine, milk and wood ash. "Maasai...on this diet rarely have heart disease...

Exhibitions

Brosseau Center for Learning: Art and Fermentation
2019