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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.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cultural attribution
Bamana
Object type
Gefäß
Dimensions
Höhe: 630.0 mm, Breite: 450.0 mm
Material/Technique
Ceramics
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/3039

Provenance and sources

when
1950 - 1992

when
14.08.1993

where
Africa (location/origin)
Ivory Coast (location/origin)
who
Krieg, Karl H. - Collectors

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