Box Item Number: Aa91 a-c from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Red-brown wooden container carved and hollowed (part a). Tapered cylindrical shape, narrower at base than at mouth. Fitted with lid (part b) made from animal hide which has been stitched and dried to assume the shape of the mouth. Round brown coloured nut (?) (part c) inside container.
History Of Use
Container for poison.
Cultural Context
Poison container.
Item History
- Made in Okavango Swamps, Botswana
- Collected between 1967 and 1975
- Owned by Frank A. Gaudin before September 15, 1975
- Received from Frank A. Gaudin (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on September 15, 1975
What
Who
- Culture
- Khoisan ?
- Previous Owner
- Frank A. Gaudin
- Received from
- Frank A. Gaudin (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Okavango Swamps, Botswana
When
- Collection Date
- between 1967 and 1975
- Ownership Date
- before September 15, 1975
- Acquisition Date
- on September 15, 1975
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0287/0079 a-c