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 mug, with some of the decoration faded. Also two blue lines surrounding the top. Jug has a lip to help with pouring.
label: Notes
content: Notes from collector, Allen Davis: Purchased by Davis in Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1977-80. Large mouth, blue and grey German pottery jug. Imported to Congo 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: E435445-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Jug
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 21 cm
label: Width
content: 15.5 cm
label: Height
content: 30 cm