milk container

General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 2674
General view of label of Horniman Museum object no 2674
General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 2674 General view of label of Horniman Museum object no 2674

Milk vessel made of blackened wood and decorated with vertical carved protrusions around the outside.

Label: Black exhibition label with white text indicated collected by Dr Moffat.

The SADEC13a2 spreadsheet indicates that ‘Moffatt, Dr’ is the vendor of this vessel. Is this possibly Dr Robert Moffat (1795 - 1883), London Missionary Society missionary to South Africa? Or is this another ‘Moffatt’ who collected other objects? The vessel, subject to further research and first hand inspection, appears to be a Southern African milk or beer vessel. Moffatt’s mission in Kuruman, Northern Cape, was among the Tswana people, although he visited the Ndebele King Mzilikazi on at least one occasion. Elliott, Catherine; 2014-03-30

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2674
Date
19th century
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 247 mm x 185 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; plant fibre
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
On display: Horniman Museum > World Gallery > World Gallery Balcony > Horniman's Vision > Horniman's Sources > Missionaries
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