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Shepherd's Box

MOA: University of British Columbia

2956/249 a-b

Cylindrical cork container (a) with light wood strap handle and lid (b) with an incised flower design. The exterior surface of the container is rough brown bark.

  • History Of Use

    Water container. Shepherds in the province used cork cantinas and boxes (see 2956/248-250) to keep their food and water cool and fresh. At the same time they decorated and carved horns (see 2956/254-258) to make containers, and in similar style, wooden religious images (see 2955/45).

  • Type of Item box
  • Culture Portuguese
  • Material cork bark, wood
  • Measurements height 18.5 cm, width 19.0 cm, depth 18.0 cm (overall) height 3.0 cm, diameter 14.0 cm (part b)
  • Field Collector Anthony A. Shelton
  • Previous Owner Anthony A. Shelton
  • Received from Museum of Anthropology Exhibitions Budget, Anthony A. Shelton
  • Made in Vidigueira
  • Collected in Portugal
  • Collection Date between 2011 and 2012
  • Ownership Date before September 17, 2012
  • Acquisition Date on September 17, 2012
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 2956/0249 a-b

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