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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Congolese, Pende people
Title:Cephalomorphic cup
Type:Ceremonial
Place Made:Africa
Measurements:Overall: 5 1/2 in x 5 1/16 in x 2 5/8 in; 14 cm x 12.9 cm x 6.7 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1999.74
Credit Line:The Barry D. Maurer (Class of 1959) Collection of African art purchased with Amherst College Discretionary Fund and funds from H. Axel Schupf (Class of 1957)
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Label Text:
Cephalomorphic (head-shaped) cups were common wooden drinking vessels among the Pende people, but double-headed vessels like this are significantly more rare. Designed to hold palm wine, a mild intoxicant made from the fermented sap of the raffia palm, cephalomorphic cups are always of an intimate scale. The facial features on these cups reflect the formal stylization of Pende masks, as well as the miniature carved faces often appended to divination objects: a sharply upturned nose, angular eyebrows, downcast eyes, and an exaggerated forehead.
AH, 2014

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