Lot # 229 - Kenyan Maasai Milk Gourd
| Opening Bid : | $ 5.00 |
| Start Date/Time: | 17-Jun-2026 7:00:00 PM |
| End Date/Time: | 24-Jun-2026 10:48:00 PM |
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Description :
Kenyan Maasai Milk Gourd Maasai women traditionally use these hollowed-out, dried calabash gourds to store and preserve milk or a nutritional mixture of milk and cattle blood—a fundamental staple food of their lifestyle. The inside of the gourd is typically cleaned and seasoned with ash or smoke from specific local wood, which sterilizes the container and gives the milk a distinct, pref 4.25”x26”erred smoky flavor. Long gourd with leather strap and cap, shells & beads. End of the gourd is cracked. See pics. 4.25”x26”
a Traditional Maasai milk gourd (known natively as an enkukuri), originating from the pastoral Maasai peoples of Kenya and Tanzania.
It features a heavy traditional leather carrying strap decorated with cowrie shells and simple beadwork. The shells and beads often carry symbolic tribal meaning, indicating the owner's family wealth or marital status. [1, The top opening is sealed with a tight leather-trimmed or woven cap to protect the contents.
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