KENYAN BOVINE HORN SALT & PEPPER SHAKERS square base

square base

are containers designed to carry water

This specific vase has an elongated neck and a shorter

allowing for an egg opening utensil to be perched atop the cup

from the 1960s

KENYAN BOVINE HORN SALT & PEPPER SHAKERS square baseUpon their arrival over four centuries ago, the Maasai built an economy and way of life deeply intertwined with their cattle herds in the Great Rift Valley of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. Many, if not all, parts of the cattle were used in trade, including their horns to create everyday objects. This pair of vintage salt and pepper shakers, from Kenya, is no exception. Made of bovine horn and hand painted with small and delicate, dark,