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Honey container

Large decorated honey jar with neck and stand. The Bamara people brewed beer or wine from honey. Honey was stored in the large clay vessels, but they were also used to store mead. Honey mead is drunk at festivals and ceremonies. It is said to have a germicidal effect and is therefore also used as medicine. In order to collect the honey, the nests of the aggressive, wild honeybee were fumigated.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Bamana
Object type
Gefäß
Dimensions
Height: 630.0 mm
Width: 450.0 mm
Material/Technique
Ceramics
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/3039

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1950 - 1992
  • Change of legal title:
    Purchase
    when
    14.08.1993
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Africa (location/origin)
    Ivory Coast (location/origin)
    who
    Krieg, Karl H. - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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