Container for Palm Wine
Yamba
1900–1975
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Dimensions
- 58.5 × 47 × 47 cm (23 × 18 1/2 × 18 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- ceramics
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
yambamodeling (forming)vesselterracotta (sculpture)ceramicsDrinkingafrican Artarts of AfricaCoastal West Africafoodvessel for serving foodceramicvessel for serving drinkshand-modelingterracotta
About
Throughout much of Cameroon, potters spend a considerable amount of time making containers for serving and drinking palm wine, the sharing of which is an important gesture of hospitality that fosters communion with ancestors. For these reasons, palm wine is an essential part of court and regulatory society ritual. [See also 1995.11, 2004.742, 2005.274, 2012.501].