Ceremonial Beer Straw
Taiti District, Uganda
End of 19th century
Wood and natural fiber, vegetal dyes
22.5″ long (56 cm)
A very rare and beautiful example of the type, in unusually fine condition.
For a similar example refer to African Furniture and Household Objects,1981 Roy Sieber, page 80
Provenance: Clive Loveless, from an old English collection
$900
