Mug, Pottery
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Dec 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 1977 to 1980
name: label: Collector
content: Allen Davis
label: Donor Name
content: Allen Davis
notes: label: Notes
content: Colors are light grey body, with a blue decoration. Flower-like pattern on the front of the jug, with some of the decoration faded. Also two blue lines surrounding the top of the jug and one thick line located at the bottom. Small decoration surrounds the handle. Narrow neck with a lip to aid in pouring, wider at the middle of the body.
label: Notes
content: Notes from collector, Allen Davis: Purchased by Davis in Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1977-80. Smaller, large mouth, blue and grey German pottery jug. Imported to DRC in second half of 19th c. by AHV (Afrikaansche-Handels-Vennoorschap) a Dutch African Trading company in Rotterdam. Prestige ware used for palm wine and placed on graves.
label: Notes
content: Curatorial notes: European ceramics of this type were considered prestige objects to be placed near graves, but were not in burials.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: German
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2082637
label: USNM Number
content: E435446-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Jug
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 16 cm
label: Width
content: 13 cm
label: Height
content: 27.3 cm