Unidentified

Beer Vessel (ukhamba)

circa 20th century

Category
Culture
Zulu
Place Made
South Africa: KwaZula-Natal
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
12 x 14 x 14 in (30.48 x 35.56 x 35.56 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Françoise Billion Richardson Fund
Location
Sadie and Oliver Billion Gallery, African Art; Free Standing 10
Accession #
2001.19
Description

Thin, rimless vessel of a rich blackened color. Coil-built, burnished and decorated with raised bumps known as amasumpa (warts) forming a large "pi"- like symbol, suggestive of cow horns, with concentric ends on surface of pot.