{"product_id":"vintage-baganda-hima-milk-jug-uganda-112-3","title":"Vintage Baganda Hima Milk Jug, Uganda - 112.3","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn almost perfect Hima milk jug (called Ebyanzi); \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA really fine specimen from Uganda.  This milk jug were used for keeping milk upon milking the cow. Often, as is the case of this jug, it was a measure of the amount of milk that a bride-to-be had to drink daily to fatten her up as the Bahima people demonstrated their wealth by the fatness of their daughters. The jug is made of the omusisa tree; carefully carving out the inside to hollow the core. After completing this process it would be soaked in the mud found in a shallow well for one week and then it was put in the soot or smoke of a lamp to blacken it to the desired color. Most of these jugs would split over time requiring a metal bandage of sorts so that it would not leak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 18cmD x 23cmH \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Botanical Boys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52904510357728,"sku":"BBVINT8259BOT","price":236.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.carouselstore.co.uk\/products\/vintage-baganda-hima-milk-jug-uganda-112-3","provider":"Carousel Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}