COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1999.192
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CMA_.1999.192
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
2001
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2001
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
false
Creator Nationality:
African; Southern African; South African; Zulu
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African; Southern African; South African; Zulu
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Africa, Zulu
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Africa, Zulu
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Beerpot
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Beerpot
Title
false
Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
false
View:
Full View
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Full View
View
false
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:
1999
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1999
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
pottery
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pottery
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Ceramic
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Ceramic
Classification Term
false
Dimensions:
Overall: 26.7cm x 25.4cm
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Overall: 26.7cm x 25.4cm
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1999.192
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1999.192
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
Gift of Bernie and Sue Pucker in memory of Robert P. Bergman
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Gift of Bernie and Sue Pucker in memory of Robert P. Bergman
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
Within the Zulu culture (the Northern Nguni tribe), the making of beer pots is the traditional function of women. A potter will travel far searching in riverbeds or for anthills that can supply the correct clay for the vessels. Formed using the coil technique and smoothed using flattened stones, the pots are fired in a dug-out earthen 'kiln,' and covered with palm leaves, whose oil results in the blackened, shiny texture of the vessels. Years of use deepen this texture to a rich woody patina.
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Within the Zulu culture (the Northern Nguni tribe), the making of beer pots is the traditional function of women. A potter will travel far searching in riverbeds or for anthills that can supply the correct clay for the vessels. Formed using the coil technique and smoothed using flattened stones, the pots are fired in a dug-out earthen 'kiln,' and covered with palm leaves, whose oil results in the blackened, shiny texture of the vessels. Years of use deepen this texture to a rich woody patina.
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1999.192.TIF
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CMA_.1999.192.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
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