Cup

Museum number:
5-1681
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001681
Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Wooden cup: raised bottom, handle, relief figure designs along sides. Height 15.2 cm. Diameter 12.7 cm. Two cups made for sale to other Chokwe. The form and design is within the tradition, but the Chokwe commented that the workmanship is not of the best, is relatively rough. The rider on this cup is said to sit on a “horse.” The carver has never seen horses in his life, but the Chokwe generally know of their existence (and some have seen them) from contacts with the Portuguese in Angola.
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Central Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Batchok (Chokwe)
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Cup, accession number 5-1681, described as Wooden cup: raised bottom, handle, relief figure designs along sides. Height 15.2 cm. Diameter 12.7 cm. Two cups made for sale to other Chokwe. The form and design is within the tradition, but the Chokwe commented that the workmanship is not of the best, is relatively rough. The rider on this cup is said to sit on a “horse.” The carver has never seen horses in his life, but the Chokwe generally know of their existence (and some have seen them) from contacts with the Portuguese in Angola.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Cup, accession number 5-1681, described as Wooden cup: raised bottom, handle, relief figure designs along sides. Height 15.2 cm. Diameter 12.7 cm. Two cups made for sale to other Chokwe. The form and design is within the tradition, but the Chokwe commented that the workmanship is not of the best, is relatively rough. The rider on this cup is said to sit on a “horse.” The carver has never seen horses in his life, but the Chokwe generally know of their existence (and some have seen them) from contacts with the Portuguese in Angola.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Cup, accession number 5-1681, described as Wooden cup: raised bottom, handle, relief figure designs along sides. Height 15.2 cm. Diameter 12.7 cm. Two cups made for sale to other Chokwe. The form and design is within the tradition, but the Chokwe commented that the workmanship is not of the best, is relatively rough. The rider on this cup is said to sit on a “horse.” The carver has never seen horses in his life, but the Chokwe generally know of their existence (and some have seen them) from contacts with the Portuguese in Angola.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-1681, described as Wooden cup: raised bottom, handle, relief figure designs along sides. Height 15.2 cm. Diameter 12.7 cm. Two cups made for sale to other Chokwe. The form and design is within the tradition, but the Chokwe commented that the workmanship is not of the best, is relatively rough. The rider on this cup is said to sit on a “horse.” The carver has never seen horses in his life, but the Chokwe generally know of their existence (and some have seen them) from contacts with the Portuguese in Angola.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-1681, described as Wooden cup: raised bottom, handle, relief figure designs along sides. Height 15.2 cm. Diameter 12.7 cm. Two cups made for sale to other Chokwe. The form and design is within the tradition, but the Chokwe commented that the workmanship is not of the best, is relatively rough. The rider on this cup is said to sit on a “horse.” The carver has never seen horses in his life, but the Chokwe generally know of their existence (and some have seen them) from contacts with the Portuguese in Angola.

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