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Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Explore image in Beer Pot (Ukhamba)
1996
Blackened ceramic with amasumpa decoration
9 × 10 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (22.86 × 27.31 × 27.31 cm)
Gift of Sue and Bernie Pucker in honor of Susie and Professor Andrew Metrick
2016.48.1
Geography:
Pongola (Phongolo), South Africa
Status:
On view
Culture:
Zulu
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance:
Mynhardt Bester, South African art dealer. Shipped directly to Pucker Gallery (Sue and Bernie Pucker) by Mynhardt Bester. Gift of Sue and Bernie Pucker to Yale University Art Gallery in 2016
Bibliography:
Jonathan Shirland, Burnished Surfaces, Blurred Boundaries, exh. cat. (Boston: Pucker Gallery, 2015), 28, ill.
“Acquisitions July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2016.pdf (accessed December 1, 2016).
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
