Beer Straw, Ganda Peoples, Late 19th Century

A long, slender drinking straw with a curved upper end, photographed against a black background. The lower shaft is wrapped in bands of fine plant fiber, and the bare reed rises to a narrow, slightly flared mouthpiece. The object is shown in full, stretched diagonally across the frame.

Artist

Ganda artist

Date

Late 19th century

Medium

Plant fiber, reed

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of African Art)

Size

427 × 1280 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art