We purchased these back in the 1990's in Masai Mara in Kenya. These were not items being sold in a market but were given to us by a family in the Mara. They are containers other than the large scoop ladle. They have a faint smoky smell as they were used. The smaller container we could never figure out what it was used for. It has two holes where leather thong can be threaded through. The jug/ pouring vessel does not stand as the bottom is slightly unlevel. It was hanging and there is a partial leather piece as shwon.