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Not A Snuff Bottle, But Certainly Interesting Container ..

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« on: November 30, 2016, 04:38:22 pm »

Terracotta Fertility Effigy Medicine Container of Prehistoric Eurasian Designed  by Modern Pare Group, Tanzania East Africa

The Pare (pronounced "Pahray") people are members of an ethnic group indigenous to the Pare Mountains of Northern Tanzania, part of the Kilimanjaro Region.

This 7" tall medicine container bears a striking resemblance to (fig 2.8a) a female effigy of a pregnant woman that is described as a child's doll from the Beta Israel potters of the 1960's (ref 2.3.1). The container is unique as it is ceramic with thick patina from years of use. Where the majority of containers in the region are normally made of calabash or gourds. Also unique is that the head and body are one piece with a simple bamboo stopper as compared to ones made of calabash/gourds where the head is a separate stopper. This head has a long nose, round ears, and piercing eyes that typify figures made by the Kisi or Pare.

Small pottery containers and figurines are among the ritual objects made throughout northeastern Tanzania for use in sacred practices, called ughanga, that are important in healing physical and psychological afflictions and misfortunes. Ughanga is, in fact, a multifaceted and adaptive institution that pervades much of society in northeastern Tanzania, and ughanga objects such as this receptacle hold medicines and in some cases embody spirits that can be called upon to aid in treatment. The medicines are made by traditional healers, called waghanga, who are expert herbalists and the keepers of cultural knowledge, history, and custom. They may administer their mixtures in a straightforward fashion or in conjunction with prayer, with the singing and dancing of spirit songs, and in ritual performances that unite all of these facets and allow the healer to engage with spirits and ancestors.


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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2016, 04:00:35 pm »

Dear George,
really interesting, thank you!
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« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2016, 06:46:26 pm »

Watch out George - the last time I brought something like that to my house it wasn't long before a baby was on the way!

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« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2016, 12:54:16 am »

A most interesting item George! Thanks for sharing your research on it.
Since it's not a snuff bottle, should we call it a snort bottle...?
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« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2016, 03:02:01 am »


Since it's not a snuff bottle, should we call it a snort bottle...?

Perfect !

That is sort of why I sharing it, because of the similarities to it being a container of sorts that like Chinese snuff bottles was used to hold a powder substance inhaled through the nose, and the use of the stick is similar to the spoon attached to the stoppers of snuff bottles...

Cool piece ...  Smiley
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« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2016, 07:58:23 am »

Dear George,

     How typical - blame the Jews!  Grin Roll Eyes 

The 'Beta Israel'  ("House of Israel", in Ge'ez), mentioned in the article, are the Jews of Ethiopia. Formerly, they were know as Falashas, but then we learned that this was the insulting name given them by their 'Christian' neighbours, and means 'unclean strangers'. Nice.
The Beta Israel women made all sorts of pottery to sell to other tribes and then to tourists, some in human figure form. This is very strange, since in most things they followed strict Jewish restrictions going back centuries if not millennia.
And a fertility fetish, of all things. What, the lulav and etrog we all use on Sukkot weren't enough?  Grin Roll Eyes

Let us all know if your partner has gotten pregnant since you brought it into your home...  Roll Eyes Grin     MAZAL TOV!   Grin

Best, in humour,
Joey


After days of reading, turns out I was wrong !  No surprise there  Cheesy

Finally found a group online that pointed me in the right direction that let me find out exactly what it really is.

"Terracotta Fertility Effigy Medicine Container of Prehistoric Eurasian Designed  by Modern Pare Group, Tanzania East Africa"
http://snuffbottlejournal.blogspot.com/2016/12/terracotta-fertility-effigy-medicine.html
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