Turkana
Vessel with Cup (Akarum)
Turkana, 1933
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Turkana
Vessel with Cup (Akarum)
Turkana, 1933
Physical Qualities
Wood, leather, cowrie shells, metal, pigment, 18 7/8 H (w cup) x 7 7/8 D in. (48 H w cup x 20 D cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carolyn Barnes, Alexandria, Virginia, in Memory of Murvil and Katherine Barnes
Object Number
1998.588.1-2
Gourd vessel with cup inserted upside down in opening; gourd vessel wrapped in leather thongs decorated with cowrie shells with a braided strap; vertical row of three cowrie shells on either side of neck; neck is a separate piece attached with braided fiber. Cup carved of wood in goblet shape.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1998; collected by donor in Turkanaland in northern Kenya in 1972 while on assignment for USAID.
"Design for Mobile Living Art from Eastern Africa," June 1, 2016 - Nov 27, 2016, BMA, Kevin Tervala and Shannen Hill.
