Pot for millet beer

Datasheet
Type of object
Beer stein
Origin
Cameroon
Technique and material

Terracotta

Date
1900
Dimensions
13.5 x 5.5 x 11 cm

This is a ceremonial container from Ngoutchoumi in the Cameroon. The Fali ethnic group only use such a pot to offer stalks of millet and beer to the spirits when twins are born.