Vessel
Mambila
Description
Subject Matter:
This vessel may have been created by the Mambila peoples of Nigeria and Cameroon and used for storing and pouring palm wine. The three-branched spout suggests that it may be Mambila, rather than from the Cameroon Grassfields region which also produces pottery, including palm wine vessels.
References Cited:
Forni, Silvia. 2007. "Containers of Life: Pottery and Social Relations in the Grassfields (Cameroon)."African Arts 40.1: 42-53.
Gebauer, Paul. 1979. Art of Cameroon. Portland, Or.: Portland Art Association.
Homberger, L. 2008. Cameroon: Art and Kings. Zürich: Museum Rietberg.
Northern, Tamara. 1984. The Art of Cameroon. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
Page, Donna. 2007. A Cameroon World: Art and Artifacts from the Caroline and Marshall Mount Collection. New York: QCC Art Gallery Press.
Physical Description:
Large round vessel with three columnar spouts at the top that share a raised lip. The three spouts are decorated with small incised circles.
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