Milk Vessel
Hima people, Tanzania, early 20th c.
Carved wood
H: 10.25” W: 9” D: 9” (H: 26.04 cm W: 22.86 cm D: 22.86 cm)
Price: $450.00
“This type of milk container was usually accompanied by a pottery brazier rather like an inverted funnel. It was used to fumigate the bottle to prevent the milk from spoiling too quickly” (Sieber 1980: 177).
