Wooden butter pot on four short legs, with stopper, decorated with incised zigzag patterns
Item
Title
Wooden butter pot on four short legs, with stopper, decorated with incised zigzag patterns
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Description
Carved wooden butter pot on four short squared legs. The main body of the pot is divided in the middle by a rounded horizontal band with burnt zigzag decoration above and below the band. Below the band there is a square handle on one side. Above the band the shape flares out. The burnt decorative lines continue over the flat rim at the top of the pot. There is a carved wooden stopper in the top of the pot with similar decoration, in the shape of a head rest.
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Wood; Plant
Carved
Identifier
ETH.ANG3.906
A37/906
Source
Space/Place
Angola
Africa
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust