Object Details
- Ganda artist
- Label Text
- It is the custom among several peoples in Uganda to drink beer through long straws made of soft wood. The tubes are usually partially covered in finely woven raffia with a woven filter at the bottom.
- Description
- Beer straw composed of a reed wrapped with red and brown dyed fibers and natural fibers.
- Provenance
- Collected Uganda, 1882
- Michael Graham-Stewart, London, -- to 1989
- Exhibition History
- Art of the Personal Object, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1991-April 9, 2007
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- Credit Line
- Acquisition grant from the James Smithson Society
- Late 19th century
- Object number
- 89-8-37
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Plant fiber, reed
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 52.4 x 1.6 x 11.4 cm (20 5/8 x 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
- Geography
- Uganda
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- National Museum of African Art Collection
- National Museum of African Art
- Topic
- Household
- male
- Record ID
- nmafa_89-8-37
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7cc983754-3b59-409f-8545-8e7e21965f94
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