Online Collection Database
SearchObject type
butter pot
Materials
wood, leather
Legend
Butter container made from camel hide (preferably from the knee or neck), or from an ox hump. The forked wooden lid is inserted in the neck made of palm tree fibres.
Place of collecting
Ethiopia > Omo Valley
Culture
Nyangatom
Field collector
Xavier Van der Stappen
Acquisition related person
Xavier Van der Stappen, as seller
Date of acquisition
1995-05-19
Dimensions
34 cm x 22 cm
Inventory number
EO.1995.9.64
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