Milking Container

National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya

This milking container is made of giraffe hide scraped and stitched together. The skin is filled sand before it dries and left to dry with the sand inside to give it shape. It is used when milking animals and storing milk or blood.

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Title: Milking Container
Location: Kenya
Type: Milking Container
Rights: National Museums of Kenya
Medium: Giraffe Hide
Photographer: GibsPhotography
Local Name: Okhole
Community: Boran
Collection Date: 1976-01-04
Collected By: J.Frentz

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