{"product_id":"vintage-hima-milk-jug-uganda","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 metal bandage on the base. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 19cmD x 23cmH \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Botanical Boys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56493484933498,"sku":"BBVINT4389BOT","price":235.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/8524\/5719\/files\/image_a6c6b1cc-090d-46a9-a923-e179a63d54fa.png?v=1768753926","url":"https:\/\/www.zipzappa.com\/ru\/products\/vintage-hima-milk-jug-uganda","provider":"ZipZappa","version":"1.0","type":"link"}