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A striking 26cm egg-shaped vessel built for lush
warm patina that adds to its character
the finish varies slightly from the photo
Origin: Mexico
Vintage Baganda Hima Milk Jug, Uganda - 112.3 Racing Cyclists A striking 26cm egg-shaped vesselA vintage Hima milk jug, known as an Ebyanzi, from the Bahima people of Uganda. Carved hollow from omusisa tree wood, then soaked in mud in a shallow well for a week before being blackened over the soot and smoke of a lamp. Used for storing milk after milking the cow, these jugs also doubled as a measure: a bride to be was expected to drink a jug's worth of milk daily in the lead up to her wedding, the Bahima measuring a family's wealth by the fatness