Wooden honey container with cowhide top and bottom. It is made from a cylindrical piece of wood with hide wrapped around the base and part-way up the sides. Strips of hide are wrapped around the centre, and it has a strap over the top. Made by women or a Dorobo male craftsman. Pattern on wood made with a knife - cowhide put on when wet and bound with string so that it dries to fit closely- see marks on lid. Men use it when going to collect honey and women sometimes use it to store cow and goat fat.
Community Commentary by Emodo Janet Idekure within research project: 'Rethinking Relationships and Building Trust around African Collections' 2021 The object should be kept in the museum as part of the world collection to assist upcoming researchers do their research work.
