Vessel "abusua kuruwa"

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Description

brown, partly blackened clay, with long neck, a stopper in shape of a cocoon (proverb: “a peculiar person’s character is not easily to be determined”), dam., missing parts, fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
for centuries the deceased of the Akan received a more or less elaborate decorated family vessel “abusua kuruwa.

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Littérature comparée

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Keramik aus Schwarz-Afrika und Alt-Amerika, Zürich 1985, p. 65

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