Red ware pottery vessel with a rounded base and high sides. This vessel is used for drinking beer to honour the dead. [ASh [OPS move] 07/03/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Red ware pottery vessel with a rounded base and high sides. This vessel is used for drinking beer to honour the dead. [ASh [OPS move] 07/03/2016]
Long description: Red ware pottery vessel with a rounded base and high sides. There are applied pottery bands in a cross shape going over the mouth. There are applied bands in a zig-zag patterns around the neck and along the body. Painted patterns in a white pigment on the sides, shoulder and applied to the cross over the mouth. This vessel is used for drinking beer to honour the dead. [ASh [OPS move] 07/03/2016]
Geographical reference: Congo, Democratic Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of; Lualaba district
Cultural groups: Luba
Person: Field collector Frederick Otto Stohr; PRM source Frederick Otto Stohr
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1911
Date collected: By 1911
Acquisition information: Donated: 1911
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Painted
Dimensions: Diameter: max 215 mm approx, Height: max 335 mm approx
Object numbers: Accession number: 1911.36.11

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