Mether Or Drinking Vessel

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Culture: Irish. | Material: Wood | Accession No: HCM 222. | Current Location: The Hunt Museum Limerick. | Dimensions (cm): H (max.) 17.5, (min.) 8.7 Description: A mether/ meadair, a drinking cup, in wood. It has four sides and three flat handles, rounded at the top and lobed at the bottom. The fourth handle is missing. This was used as a communal drinking cup. Date Made: 16th to 17th century AD

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The Hunt Museum preserves and exhibits the original artefacts gathered, over a lifetime, by John and Gertrude Hunt and known as the Hunt Collection. The Museum also displays its own collections, as well as visiting exhibitions of Local, National and International significance with the overall aim of maximising their cultural and educational potential for the people of Limerick and Ireland.

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