{"product_id":"vintage-hima-milk-jug-uganda-1","title":"Vintage Hima Milk Jug - Uganda","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn almost perfect Hima milk jug (called Ebyanzi); there are no cracks.  A 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 our 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\u003eThis one has a crack on one side. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 19cmD x 23cmH \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Botanical Boys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52887382786272,"sku":"BBVINT4390BOT","price":225.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.carouselstore.co.uk\/products\/vintage-hima-milk-jug-uganda-1","provider":"Carousel Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}