- Collection:
- Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800-2012
- Title:
- Spirit jug
- Date of Original:
- 1920/1929
- Subject:
- Memorialization--Georgia
Pottery--United States
Pottery--Georgia
Kongo (African people)--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Influence
Kongo (African people)--Angola--Influence
Found objects (Art)--Georgia - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018 - Medium:
- pitchers (vessels)
sepulchral monuments
pottery (visual works)
plaster
found objects - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Jugs.
Spirit jugs, also commonly known as memory jugs, were used by African American families to remember departed loved ones. Sometimes used to mark graves, and sometimes displayed by fireplaces, spirit jugs provided a tangible way for families to remember important persons in their lives. Scholars generally attribute the making and use of memory jugs by African Americans in the South to the charm traditions of the Bakongo People of Africa's Atlantic coast. This particular jug is from south Georgia.
Purchase of the Tubman African American Museum. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:tbmn_sftm_tm07292011-112
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sftm/do:tm07292011-112
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact the Tubman African American Museum re: reproduction and usage. The information contained in this resource may not be re-purposed, reproduced, quoted without proper citation, or offered for sale in any form without the express written permission of the Tubman African American Museum.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800-2012, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 1 jug : mixed media, including ceramic and plaster ; 36 x 32 x 32 cm.
- Holding Institution:
- Tubman African-American Museum
- Rights:
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