"Itunga Milk Pot - Zulu Culture, Southern Africa - Circa 1900"
Itunga MILK POTZulu culture, Southern Africa, circa 1900
Wood
H. 39 cm, L 16 cm
(slight old damage)
A monoxyle wooden milk jug that symbolically reproduces stylised female lines: two handles at the neck refer to the breast, the body is decorated with a series of four geometric motifs carved in a checkerboard pattern called amasumpa in relief on the body, echoing the body scarifications, and the foot, slightly flared, enhances the cylinder.
Bibliography: A similar example is reproduced in the book Zulu tribal art by Alex Zaloumis, p.251.
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