MSSU African Art Exibit : The MSSU African Art collection features a variety of authentic works of art from various tribes located throughout Central Africa. The objects in the collection range from mundane day to day grooming tools to ritualistic masks and statues.
Title:
Clay Beer Pot
Object Name:
Pot, Beer
Other Name:
Pot, Clay
Place of Origin:
Songye, Republic of the Congo, Africa
Provenance:
Aboriginal Indigenous Art.
H = 24"
W = 17"
D = 17"

Appraisal originally notes: Zulu, South Africa. As the place of origion.

According to Douglas Dawson, this is a Songye beer pot.
Description:
Large pot with round bottom, bands around neck with black trumpet rim. Two bands around lower portion with triple crescent—shaped designs, divided by three bands. Two vertical undulating bands in lower band, separating crescent—shaped designs.
Collection:
Finley Collection
Material:
Clay
Used:
Ritually Used
Technique:
Pottery
Owned:
Art Department, Missouri Southern State University
Accession#:
2014.1.37
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