Beer Pot (Ukhamba) | Yale University Art Gallery

1996

On view, 1st floor, African Art

Medium: Blackened ceramic with amasumpa decoration
Dimensions: 9 × 10 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (22.86 × 27.31 × 27.31 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Sue and Bernie Pucker in honor of Susie and Professor Andrew Metrick
Accession Number: 2016.48.1
Geography: Pongola (Phongolo), South Africa
Culture: Zulu
Period: 20th century
Classification: Containers
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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

"Acquisitions July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2016), 4

Jonathan Shirland, Burnished Surfaces, Blurred Boundaries, exh. cat. (Boston: Pucker Gallery, 2015), 28, ill

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Object/Work type

pots

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