Wooden Beer Vessel

Lozi (Rotse) people, Zambia (map), d. first half 20th c.

Carved wood, pigment

Ex–old English collection

13” h x 9” w (33 x 23 cm)

Condition: Small damage to interior rim of lid

SOLD

A Lozi (Barotse) beer container of unusual form. Two similar examples are illustrated in Bassani (1977: 109, figs. 514–5); the British Museum holds two nearly identical examples (vide “Bowl; Vessel: British Museum,” n.d.; “Cover; Lid: British Museum,” n.d.).

REFERENCES

Bassani, Ezio. Scultura Africana Nei Musei Italiani. Bologna: Calderini, 1977.

“Bowl; Vessel: British Museum.” The British Museum. Accessed February 7, 2021.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1910-431-a.

“Cover; Lid: British Museum.” The British Museum. Accessed February 7, 2021. 

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1910-431-b.