Ceremonial beer drinking straw
Taiti District, Uganda
Wood, natural fiber
24" (61 cm) long
Late 19th/early 20th century
Collected 1949, ex Denver Art Museum

A long drinking straw for communally sipping ajono, a beer made from millet, during weddings and other ceremonies. There is a beautifully woven filter at the end. It has one small hole and a few loosly wrapped fibers.
#6205 

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