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Object Number
971-2-50/11597
Display Title
Ostrich eggshell water container, opening stuffed with reeds.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
T'sun!u
Inventory Description
Water container, ostrich egg, speckled, budle of vegetable fiber in hole at one
Classification
- Container
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms
Kalahari Desert
Materials
Ostrich egg, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 12.2 x 15.9 x 12 cm (4 13/16 x 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
971-2-50/11597; 3 [torn label]; ##-164 [torn label]
Provenance
Collector
John Yellen
(04/1968-08/1970)
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!["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, 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)
![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)