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Object #     1998-83/63
Object name     Drinking Vessel
Culture of Origin     Shama clan, Yynuo, Nuosu, Yi
Maker or Artist     Shama Qubi
Materials     Metal, Silver
Exhibit Label    

These silver doves are for drinking liquor, which occupies a prominent place in Nuosu people's daily life. One pours the liquor into a hole in the bottom of the bird and drinks from the beak, from a little hole in the top of the head, or from a tube in the bird's side, half concealed below the wing.
Source     Museum Expedition - Anthropology Division
Location     Bapu Town, Meigu County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
Credit     Purchased with funds donated by the Blakemore Foundation
 
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