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Milk Container1393/1

A tall jug with a rounded bottom which tapers upward and has a flared base. The lid has a cylindrical stem which flared outward and downward and has capped overtop. The top of the lid has white, light blue, and orange beads at the centre with circular rows of blue, white and dark blue, and red beads. The sides of the lid are decorated with cowrie shells and horizontal rows of red, and white and dark blue beads. The lid is held in place with a band of skin decorated with cowrie shells. The jug is decorated with vertical rows of cowrie shells on bands of skin. The whole object is woven.

Culture
Oromo
Material
wood ?, plant fibre, skin and cowrie shell
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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