Mug

Museum number:
5-15195
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4451
Description:
Mug with handle; white ceramic; painted brown, black, and blue designs of house; standing human figure with clenched power symbol and blue freedom slogan ("nkosi Sikelel, Afrika") with star below; rim chip; bottom mended and repaired; "NONESH" painted in blue on underside; height 8.2 cm.
Donor:
James Deetz
Collection place:
Grahamstown Power Station and Craft Cooperative, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape Province
Verbatim coll. place:
South Africa; Grahamstown Power Station and Craft Cooperative; Xhosa
Culture or time period:
Xhosa
Collector:
James Deetz
Collection date:
January 1990
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Context of use:
Propaganda mug with power symbol and freedom slogan. Part of campaign to secure freedom for South African blacks (anti-apartheid).
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 8.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mug, accession number 5-15195, described as Mug with handle; white ceramic; painted brown, black, and blue designs of house; standing human figure with clenched power symbol and blue freedom slogan ("nkosi Sikelel, Afrika") with star below; rim chip; bottom mended and repaired; "NONESH" painted in blue on underside; height 8.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mug, accession number 5-15195, described as Mug with handle; white ceramic; painted brown, black, and blue designs of house; standing human figure with clenched power symbol and blue freedom slogan ("nkosi Sikelel, Afrika") with star below; rim chip; bottom mended and repaired; "NONESH" painted in blue on underside; height 8.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mug, accession number 5-15195, described as Mug with handle; white ceramic; painted brown, black, and blue designs of house; standing human figure with clenched power symbol and blue freedom slogan ("nkosi Sikelel, Afrika") with star below; rim chip; bottom mended and repaired; "NONESH" painted in blue on underside; height 8.2 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 5-15195, described as Mug with handle; white ceramic; painted brown, black, and blue designs of house; standing human figure with clenched power symbol and blue freedom slogan ("nkosi Sikelel, Afrika") with star below; rim chip; bottom mended and repaired; "NONESH" painted in blue on underside; height 8.2 cm.

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