Water Bottle Item Number: Aa71 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Light yellow brown mottled ostrich egg (part a) with one cm. hole drilled at one end. Incised lines in three places around the hole form three ladder-like designs. The stopper (part b) is a bundle of grass roots wrapped at one end with fibre.
History Of Use
Used in times of no rain.
Cultural Context
For storing water.
Item History
- Made in 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
- Name
- Water Bottle
- Identification Number
- Aa71 a-b
- Type of Item
- bottle
- Material
- ostrich egg, grass root and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- drilled, incised and wrapped
- Part A
- height 14.0 cm, diameter 12.0 cm
- Part B
- height 7.5 cm, diameter 3.0 cm
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
- 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
- 0287/0057