COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
BCM_.2001.1.73
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BCM_.2001.1.73
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2003
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2003
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
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Description:
Spherical clay storage pot with amasumpa (wart) motifs on shoulder; small, flat base with outward flared walls to round body; wall curves inward at shoulder to round mouth at top; no lip or rim; three spaced amasumpa motifs on shoulder, each a six row chevron; shiny black surface worn.
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Spherical clay storage pot with amasumpa (wart) motifs on shoulder; small, flat base with outward flared walls to round body; wall curves inward at shoulder to round mouth at top; no lip or rim; three spaced amasumpa motifs on shoulder, each a six row chevron; shiny black surface worn.
Description
false
Creator Nationality:
African
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African
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Zulu, South Africa
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Zulu, South Africa
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Pot (Uhkamba)
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Pot (Uhkamba)
Title
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View:
Full view
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Full view
View
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Creation Date:
20th century
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20th century
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1900
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1900
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
2000
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2000
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Clay
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Clay
Materials and Techniques
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Classification Term:
Container
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Container
Classification Term
false
Creation Place:
South Africa, Africa
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South Africa, Africa
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
Height: 10 1/2"; width: 13 3/4"; diameter: 42 1/4"
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Height: 10 1/2"; width: 13 3/4"; diameter: 42 1/4"
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
Brooklyn Children's Museum
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Brooklyn Children's Museum
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
2001.1.73
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2001.1.73
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Gift of an anonymous donor, 2001
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Gift of an anonymous donor, 2001
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.amico.org/rights/bcm_.html"target="_new">http://www.amico.org/rights/bcm_.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
Sorghum beer is an alcoholic drink and a nutritious food among the Zulu that assures domestic hospitality and social harmony, and commemorates the ancestors. Ukhamba, beer drinking and storage pots, are one of many shapes and sizes made by specialized female potters (other pots are made for food, milk, beer production, cooking and serving food). Potters sell their wares to neighbors.
Clay for the pots is collected, allowed to dry, then finely ground and mixed with water to the proper consistency. The potter rolls the clay into long cylinders and forms a flat, coiled base. The sides are coiled up, then thinned and smoothed with the hands and a gourd or plastic scraper. Some pots have incised geometric decoration. Older ukhamba may have "amasumpa" (warts), pellets of clay added to surface or pushed out from the inside in geometric patterns. Amasumpa are thought to be derived from old scarification patterns. The pots are fired in an open pit with wood or cow dung. The shiny black surface is attained by a second firing and polishing with fat. The black surface also shows respect for the ancestral spirits thought to partake of the beer with the family. Woven fiber lids cover the pots to protect beer from dust and insects.
Clay for the pots is collected, allowed to dry, then finely ground and mixed with water to the proper consistency. The potter rolls the clay into long cylinders and forms a flat, coiled base. The sides are coiled up, then thinned and smoothed with the hands and a gourd or plastic scraper. Some pots have incised geometric decoration. Older ukhamba may have "amasumpa" (warts), pellets of clay added to surface or pushed out from the inside in geometric patterns. Amasumpa are thought to be derived from old scarification patterns. The pots are fired in an open pit with wood or cow dung. The shiny black surface is attained by a second firing and polishing with fat. The black surface also shows respect for the ancestral spirits thought to partake of the beer with the family. Woven fiber lids cover the pots to protect beer from dust and insects.
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Sorghum beer is an alcoholic drink and a nutritious food among the Zulu that assures domestic hospitality and social harmony, and commemorates the ancestors. Ukhamba, beer drinking and storage pots, are one of many shapes and sizes made by specialized female potters (other pots are made for food, milk, beer production, cooking and serving food). Potters sell their wares to neighbors.<br><br>Clay for the pots is collected, allowed to dry, then finely ground and mixed with water to the proper consistency. The potter rolls the clay into long cylinders and forms a flat, coiled base. The sides are coiled up, then thinned and smoothed with the hands and a gourd or plastic scraper. Some pots have incised geometric decoration. Older ukhamba may have "amasumpa" (warts), pellets of clay added to surface or pushed out from the inside in geometric patterns. Amasumpa are thought to be derived from old scarification patterns. The pots are fired in an open pit with wood or cow dung. The shiny black surface is attained by a second firing and polishing with fat. The black surface also shows respect for the ancestral spirits thought to partake of the beer with the family. Woven fiber lids cover the pots to protect beer from dust and insects.
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
BCM_.2001-1-73.tif
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BCM_.2001-1-73.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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