Ngera Village, Ibwere Township, Kagera Region, Tanzania, Africa
Accession Date:
25 May 1982
Collection Date:
1980
Notes:
UNDECORATED, LONG-NECKED CALABASH, GLOBULAR BODY. FITTED WITH A STOPPER FORMED BY TYING NARROW STRIPS OF PAPYRUS INTO A TASSEL SHAPE. INSERTED INTO THE CENTER OF STOPPER (9.5CM. LONG) IS A STRAW (56.5CM. LONG) REACHING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CALABASH. "THIS TYPE....USED EITHER AS A PERSONAL DRINKING VESSEL OF A WOMAN OR AS A DECANTER....FOR HONORED GUEST. A GIFT....TO DONOR BY WINIFRED KISIRAGA....PUT IN USE 1979."-P. SEITEL.