CALABASH SKEUOMORPH CLAY JUG
[1-3]: CALABASH SKEUOMORPH CLAY JUG
[4] 🔁 from a previous post: Close-up of a calabash in a woven carrier, showing distinct details replicated in the design of the clay jug
[5]: Excerpt on skeuomorphic design among the Bamileke from “The potter’s art in Africa”
[6] 🔁 from a previous post: A collection of different calabashes with attached woven carriers from Cameroon
[7]: A Bamileke woman skillfully forms a vessel from clay
From: Bamileke culture, Grassfields region, Cameroon 🇨🇲Source [1-3,5]: “The potter’s art in Africa [catalogue of an exhibition]” by British Museum. Dept. of Ethnography (William Buller Fagg & John Picton). Seen on @internetarchive
Source [4]: @artkhade
Source [6]: @amyasnaegele
Source [7]: “Crafts and the arts of living in the Cameroon” by Etienne-Nugue, Jocelyne. Seen on @internetarchive.
Source notes [1-3]: “Vessel made in the form of a calabash by the Bamileke of the grasslands of Cameroon. 8 in (21 cm)”
Source notes [4,6]: “Calabash / Gourd / Canteen. Materials: Rattan / Cane, Calabash. 19th-20th century. 62.0 cm (24.4 in)”
Source notes [7]: “North: Woman potter at work….Their gestures are the same from one region to the next”
Observations: skeuomorphism, expert abstraction/simplification (depicting woven reeds as a surface pattern), material awareness, ergonomics, continuation of a design language.