Brazier
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Nov 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 2003
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Red clay brazier. Shaped like a large bowl with a wide lip and 3 large "spikes" inside, pointing towards the center. Outside is incised (or stamped?) with crosshatch pattern, and lip has zigzag pattern. Inside is scratched and blackened from use. Mary Jo Arnoldi, Curator for African Ethnology, says this is a "coal brazier on which a pot is placed for cooking". This kind of pottery is "low fire ware that is made by women potters, who are members of the blacksmith caste in south central Mali." It was purchased in Bamako market to be used as a decorative prop during the 2003 SI Folklife Festival (see accession history)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Washington, District of Columbia, Mali / United States, Africa / North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Malian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2034092
label: USNM Number
content: E432925-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Brazier
physicalDescription: label: Diameter
content: 33.5 cm
label: Height
content: ca. 22 cm