Vintage Baganda Hima Milk Jug, Uganda - 112.3 Racing Cyclists while its creation supports sustainable

while its creation supports sustainable craftsmanship

Size: 82cm L x 44cm W x 31cm H

Size H 37cm W 23cm

warm patina that adds to its character

Vintage Baganda Hima Milk Jug, Uganda - 112.3 Racing Cyclists while its creation supports sustainableA 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