Vintage Tutsi Milk Container 114.3 Glamour a nomadic people of north-west

a nomadic people of north-west Kenya renowned for their woodwork and metalwork

whose white-faced Ngil masks are celebrated for their elegant abstraction of the human face — the heart-shaped hollow

and intricately carved geometric motifs

A playful addition to the living and working environment

Opening diameter: ~ 7 cm

Vintage Tutsi Milk Container 114.3 Glamour a nomadic people of north-westAn ornate milk container, hand carved from a single block of wood and finished with tin embellishments. Vessels like these were everyday tools among the Tutsi people of Rwanda and nomadic communities across Burundi, Kenya and northern Tanzania, traditionally used to carry milk, water, honey and provisions. Today they make beautiful decorative objects lovely on a mantelpiece, as a dry flower vase, or simply displayed as an object of art. The authentic