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Object Number
56-57-50/9855
Display Title
Water container - ostrich eggshell
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ostrich egg, container, perforated at one end, smooth and speckled, hairline cra
Classification
- Container
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- G//ana
- Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms
Africa, Southwest: Bechuanaland; Chukudu, near
Materials
Ostrich egg
Dimensions
Overall: 14.5 x 12.3 x 12.3 cm (5 11/16 x 4 13/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
56-57-50/9855
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Southwest Africa Expedition
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![Man squatting, pouring water from //’ai [ostrich eggshell water container], into an enamel dish, with a man wearing a hat and a kaross tied around his shoulders sitting in the background](/internal/media/dispatcher/654901/postagestamp)
![Children, Eating: N!ai (≠Toma's niece) giving a drink of water from //’ai [ostrich eggshell water container], to /Gaishay (her half-brother)](/internal/media/dispatcher/656753/postagestamp)
!["Waterhole / Gwia": "Old /Gaishay" of Band 4 filling his //’ai [ostrich eggshell water container], (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/741619/postagestamp)
![Man squatting, pulling out the plug in his //’ai [ostrich eggshell water container], with a man wearing a hat and a kaross tied around his shoulders sitting in the background](/internal/media/dispatcher/654900/postagestamp)
