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Hollowed out soft wood container, bark strips form a cradle around it
Hollowed out soft wood container, bark strips form a cradle around it
Object Number 973-16-50/11510
Display Title Hollowed out soft wood container, bark strips form a cradle around it
Descriptions
Indigenous Term korre
Inventory Description Carved wooden cup, cylindrical with fiber cord binding.
Classification
  • Cup
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hamar
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 14.3 x 7.4 x 6.1 cm (5 5/8 x 2 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-16-50/11510; 717
Provenance
Donor Robert G. Gardner

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