Ceramic Palm Wine Container
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Aug 1999
label: Collection Date
content: 1998
name: label: Collector
content: Jerome Vogel
label: Donor Name
content: Jerome Vogel
notes: label: Notes
content: THIN, RECTANGULAR CONTAINER WITH HIGH WALLS. RECTANGULAR HANDLE & SMALL NECK ARE SIDE BY SIDE ON TOP SIDE. DARK GREY/BLACK COLOR W/ SLIGHTLY BURNISHED SURFACE. UNDECORATED EXCEPT FOR 2 FIVE-POINTED STARS ETCHED INTO THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF ONE SIDE. INTERIOR IS ROUGH. BOTTOM HAS PRICE TAG W/ $75 WRITTEN ON IT. OPENING CONSISTS OF 2 CONCENTRIC RINGS, W/ THE TOP RING SET INTO THE BOTTOM ONE. ACCORDING TO DR MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY AT NMNH, THE SHAPE OF THIS CONTAINER IS AN ADAPTATION OF PLASTIC GAS CANS CURRENTLY IN USE IN IVORY COAST. THE CONTAINER IS MADE TO HOLD PALM WINE OR OTHER LIQUIDS. THIS VARIATION IN SHAPE STEMS FROM GADDAH JULIEN'S DECISION TO COME UP WITH NEW SHAPES TO AVOID COMPETITION WITH PRODUCTS BY WOMEN POTTERS, THE TRADITIONAL POTTERS IN IVORY COAST.
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit: "Gaddah Julien [maker of this pot] is the only male potter working in his town. The son of a leading potter, he creates new forms so as not to compete with women potters. "
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bouake, Côte d'Ivoire, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Baule (Baoulé)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420718
label: USNM Number
content: E428463-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pot
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 18.8 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8.2 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 20 cm