Cup Item Number: Ae101 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Tall cup with a large bowl, narrowing into a cone-like base, with natural wood, and burned incised designs. The rim is burned black with three horizontal incised lines. Seven equally spaced sets of four vertical incised lines in black separate rectangular sections of natural coloured horizontal incised lines with an incised horizontal line in black around below. The cone has four inverted v-shapes burned in two lines with horizontal lines in each 'v'. The base is slightly hollowed underneath. The cup is roughly carved from a single piece of wood.
History Of Use
Used for drinking palm wine, a cup is one of a man's most personal possessions. Palm wine is a source of shared sociability, libation, and pleasure. A cup would be used over a lifetime for important occasions and ceremonies.
Cultural Context
Drinking
Item History
- Made in Cameroon before 1980
- Owned by E. M. Von Kaldenberg before August 6, 1980
- Received from E. M. Von Kaldenberg (Donor) on August 6, 1980
What
Who
- Culture
- Central African
- Previous Owner
- E. M. Von Kaldenberg
- Received from
- E. M. Von Kaldenberg (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Cameroon
When
- Creation Date
- before 1980
- Ownership Date
- before August 6, 1980
- Acquisition Date
- on August 6, 1980
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0641/0006