lunueno

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Cooking pot

Historical main catalogue: "desgl. [= III E 7352: cooking pot made of light grey clay], but fired, black. 20.5 cm diam., 12 cm h. 'Pottery is practised in Kitete by numerous female Fundis. There are no moulds, the vessels are shaped by hand. Two types are made: large water vessels ('mtondo') up to 50 cm high, lower diameter 30-40 cm, and small cooking pots (lunueno).' Ebendaher [= Mambuë (rites on the Ninga mountain]."

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Cooking pot
Dimensions
Height: 13 cm
Depth: 21 cm
Width: 20,5 cm
Weight: 0,9 kg
Material/Technique
Clay (fired: ceramics)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 7353

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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