Baganda Milk Jug with Native Repair

A scalloped band of silver around a slim neck.

This 20th century milk jug is wood with aluminum, made by the Baganda of Uganda, East Africa. Tall wooden vessels like it are commonly connected with milk. The upper neck is slightly flared and wrapped with scalloped strips of aluminum, set on a tall body in rich dark brown. A faint seam is visible where neck and body meet, and the wood shows a smooth, hand-polished sheen.

About 10 inches tall. It has the posture of a good decanter. Fill it with dried grasses.