About this artwork
Throughout much of Cameroon, potters spend a considerable amount of time making containers for serving and drinking palm wine, the sharing of which is an important gesture of hospitality that fosters communion with ancestors. For these reasons, palm wine is an essential part of court and regulatory society ritual. [See also 1995.11, 2004.742, 2005.274, 2012.501].
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of Africa
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Culture
- Yamba
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Title
- Container for Palm Wine
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Place
- Cameroon (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 1900–1975
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Medium
- Terracotta
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Dimensions
- 57.2 × 43.8 cm (22 1/2 × 17 1/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Keith Achepohl
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Reference Number
- 2005.274