Baganda Milk Jug with Native Repair
Product ID: A1800-042
$1,295.00
About this piece
Two small silver wounds, bandaged long ago and never reopened.
The Baganda of Uganda, East Africa, made this wooden milk vessel in the 20th century, and a native repair in aluminum was added later. Milk jugs of wood are commonly used and mended rather than replaced across East Africa. A small plate patches the rim, and a larger, ragged one marks the lower left of the tall, tapering body. The wood is deep reddish-brown to black, smooth in places and pitted with wear in others, with a slight lean to its shape.
About 15 inches tall. It has more character than most things made last week.
