Vintage Tutsi Milk Container 28.12 Beach Scene Traditionally hung on doorways to

Traditionally hung on doorways to guard the home

Because the clay is unglazed

These aren’t flaws — they’re the marks of a genuine handmade piece

Size:-  50cmH x 37cmD

Size: 70 × 70cm

Vintage Tutsi Milk Container 28.12 Beach Scene Traditionally hung on doorways toAn 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