Beer pot cover

Museum number:
5-15343
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
xiv (f) (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4449
Description:
Beer pot cover; coiled grass basket on bundle foundation with square starting knot; decorated on top with clusters of double rows of multicolored glass beads. Native name : "Imbenge". Use by men and women to keep flies out of beer pot. Used as a cover both facing up and down.
Donor:
Margot Winer and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Republic of South Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; South Africa; Zulu (areas around Eshave, Natal)
Culture or time period:
Zulu
Collector:
Margot Winer
Collection date:
October-December 1989
Materials:
Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
January 1990
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 18.1 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Beer pot cover, accession number 5-15343, described as Beer pot cover; coiled grass basket on bundle foundation with square starting knot; decorated on top with clusters of double rows of multicolored glass beads. Native name : "Imbenge". Use by men and women to keep flies out of beer pot. Used as a cover both facing up and down.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Beer pot cover, accession number 5-15343, described as Beer pot cover; coiled grass basket on bundle foundation with square starting knot; decorated on top with clusters of double rows of multicolored glass beads. Native name : "Imbenge". Use by men and women to keep flies out of beer pot. Used as a cover both facing up and down.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Beer pot cover, accession number 5-15343, described as Beer pot cover; coiled grass basket on bundle foundation with square starting knot; decorated on top with clusters of double rows of multicolored glass beads. Native name : "Imbenge". Use by men and women to keep flies out of beer pot. Used as a cover both facing up and down.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beer pot cover, accession number 5-15343, described as Beer pot cover; coiled grass basket on bundle foundation with square starting knot; decorated on top with clusters of double rows of multicolored glass beads. Native name : "Imbenge". Use by men and women to keep flies out of beer pot. Used as a cover both facing up and down.

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