Bottle (Ensumbi)
Nyoro
1950–1999
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Dimensions
- 21.5 × 18 × 18 cm (8 1/2 × 7 1/8 × 7 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- Vessel
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
modeling (forming)vesselEastern and Southern Africaceramicsafrican Artarts of Africaincisingceramicnyoroterracotta
About
This delicate, gourd-shaped bottle is coil built with extremely thin walls and is colored a dark brownish black. The use of gourd bottles, well documented in the region, undoubtedly inspired the creation of ceramic examples such as this one. Both gourds and gourd-shaped ceramic bottles fulfill the same purpose of carrying beer or drinking water. [see also 2003.382 and 2003.384].
