MKB Domestic objects

Record metadata:

Type	Cultural Object (2014 Definition)
Title	IIc 6127
Keywords	Water cooler
Description	This water cooler was used to store and cool water. It is hand carved from white stone (rai mutin, T). Various people suggested it was made either in Laga or Venilale. The stone ufu, M was supported by a wooden frame that enabled it to stand upright (as it is photographed). The base of the ufu (which is obscured in the attached photo) is a conical shape. The water dripped through the stone at the base and was collected in a container below. The Makasae word 'ufu' relates to pestle. Ufu, made from wood, are also used in Baguia to pound corn and rice.
Creator of Object	Makasae, Naueti or Tetun people
Date Created	Pre August 1935
Place Created	Presumed Venilale or Laga, Baucau District, Timor-Leste
Object Type	Domestic object
Dimensions	56 cm high
Use status in 2014	Not used
Material	Stone
Technique	Hand carved
Institution/Holder: object	Museum der Kulturen Basel
Collector	Dr Alfred Buehler
Date Collected	August 1935
Place Collected	Baguia Sub-district, Baucau District, Timor-Leste
File Copyright	Museum der Kulturen Basel. Photograph taken by Joanna Barrkman, 2014
MKB/Buehler object title	Krug, G [jug] uffu, M
Notes	Community viewing: Older people only recognised the ufu at the viewing at Bubuha, Larisula on 16.8/14. Sr Gregorius de Oiveiera recalled a vitrin being used in a school when he was a child in Baguia.He claimed the ufu / vitirn was made in Venilale. They were rare and only used by the elite. The vitirin was also recognised by Sr Bernado Mango Ximenes 9/10/14 in Osso Huna. Xefe de Suco of Haiconi said this was 'lulik' as it was associated with a ceremonial house.
Production status in 2014	Not made
Timorese Language Term/s	Ira ufu, M Bee nia fatin, T Vitrin, P

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