Ceramic vessel with a dark red burnished surface. The body is divided into two sections, with the bottom half heavily marked with repeating incised lines beneath an incised repeating arch border. There are two handles on opposite sides of the body. The mouth is circular, with flared neck, and rounded base.

• History Of Use

  Bamana water container (jidaga); can also be used to store or brew millet beer, or spiritual medicine for the household. They are often meant for prominent display in domestic compounds, so that visitors may be offered a drink upon arrival; water can also be used for cleaning. They are also used as decoration in many households. Female potters married to blacksmiths, known as nummumusow (blacksmith women), make such vessels. To do so, they dig out clay from the ground and build the jidaga without a wheel. After they have dried, vessels are fired in big communal firings.

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• Type of Item vessel
• Culture Bamana
• Material clay
• Measurements height 42.5 cm, diameter 50.8 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Richard Tchuemegne
• Received from Richard Tchuemegne, Michael O'Brian Family Foundation, Museum of Anthropology Exhibitions Budget

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• Made in Mali

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• Ownership Date before February 5, 2020
• Acquisition Date on February 5, 2020

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3420/0008