Storage jar with lid
A large storage jar for grains and relishes, finished with a fitted clay lid.
A large storage jar for grains and relishes, finished with a fitted clay lid. Part of the Mogusii Cultural Heritage documented collection.
Cultural context
Between maize harvests, the surplus of the field was kept in clay jars, granary baskets and sealed gourds inside the house. The photograph used here shows women threshing corn in Kisii — the harvest whose surplus filled vessels like this one (UK colonial-era archive photograph).
Beer jars held a special social place: amarwa, the sorghum and millet beer shared at work parties, bridewealth visits and elder gatherings, was brewed and served in clay vessels whose size signalled a household's standing.
