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  • Teapot made by Peter Bentzon

    Teapot made by Peter Bentzon

    Created by
    Bentzon, Peter, American, ca. 1783 - after 1850
    Medium
    silver and wood
    Dimensions
    H x W: 7 x 12 x 5 in. (17.8 x 30.5 x 12.7 cm)
    Type
    teapots
    Place made
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    ca. 1817-1829
    Description
    The silver teapot has an oval vase-shape on a spreading pedestal foot, with curved spout capped by an incised patera and wooden leaf-capped scroll handle, and hinged domed cover with acorn finial. The scripted monogram "MC" has been engraved on the side and the name "Rebecca Dawson" has been engraved along the bottom rim.
    Topic
    African American
    African diaspora
    Craftsmanship
    Free communities of color
    Ornamentation
    United States--History--1815-1861
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2010.14
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Classification
    Slavery and Freedom Objects
    Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
    Exhibition
    Slavery and Freedom
    On View
    NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Ceremonial basket adorned with cowrie shells

    Ceremonial basket adorned with cowrie shells

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Medium
    fiber and cowrie shell
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 5 5/8 × 6 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (14.3 × 16.5 × 16.5 cm)
    Type
    baskets
    Place made
    Mossuril, Nampula, Mozambique, Africa
    Place used
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa
    Date
    2015
    Caption
    This cowrie shell basket was created by artisans in Mossuril, Mozambique, in 2015 to hold soil from the region, which was then deposited at the site of the São José shipwreck. After a solemn ceremony on May 30, 2015, the village and tribal elder in Mossuril, Evano Nhogache, entrusted this basket to Lonnie Bunch, instructing him to place the enclosed soil as close to the wreck site as possible to symbolically reconnect those Mozambicans who were lost with their homeland. He then asked that the basket become part of the collections of the NMAAHC. On June 2, 2015, at a second memorial in Clifton, the soil was poured into the ocean near the wreck site. The slave ship São José Paquete Africa sank on December 3, 1794 off the coast of South Africa. It had left Mozambique 24 days prior bound for Maranhão, Brazil.
    Description
    A basket created by artisans in Mossuril, Mozambique for ceremonial transport of soil from Mozambique to the site of the São José shipwreck in Cape Town, South Africa. The round basket is in two parts, a base and lid, and is made from worked plant material. Cowrie shells placed closely together adorn and cover the outside of both the top and bottom of basket.
    Topic
    African American
    Africa
    Craftsmanship
    Folklife
    Middle Passage
    Ornamentation
    Trans Atlantic slave trade
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2016.168
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Classification
    Slavery and Freedom Objects
    Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
    Tools and Equipment-Ceremonial Tools
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Ivory powder horn with carved decoration

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Medium
    horn and wood
    Dimensions
    L x diameter x weight: 10 1/2 × 3 1/16 in., 152Grams (26.7 cm, 0.2 kg)
    Type
    powder horns
    Date
    18th century; engraved after 1861
    Description
    A powder horn with scrimshaw decorations. The powder horn shaft is made from cow horn. On one side of the horn's base, there is an engraved illustration of a seated African American officer smoking a cigar inside a tent, guarded by a white soldier in a tattered uniform. The text underneath the image reads: [Negro officer / & / White Soldier]. On the reverse side of the powder horn is an engraving of an African American man dancing with a white woman. The African American man is wearing trousers but no shirt, and the woman is wearing a long-sleeved dress with her long hair pulled back into a bun. The text above the image reads: [New England Ladies / teaching Negroes]. These images are surrounded by decorative, architectural borders. Most engraved areas appear to have been colored with an iron-based substance, possibly iron gall ink, and the surface of the horn appears yellow, whether by age or artificial coloration. The circumference of the base has jagged edges, with some remaining peg holes through which pegs or nails would have been placed to secure the base, although none remain. A replacement circular wooden butt plug is glued into the base. The narrow end of the powder horn is carved, turned, and colored dark brown. Originally it would have been closed with a peg or stopper, now missing.
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    Education
    Emancipation
    Folklife
    Military
    Ornamentation
    Race relations
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Marion T. Lane, Ed.D.
    Object number
    2015.247.3
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Classification
    Slavery and Freedom Objects
    Tools and Equipment-Military
    Exhibition
    Double Victory: The African American Military Experience
    On View
    NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 053
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
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