Teapot

Even objects as tradition based as gourd vessels are influenced by new ways and products. This gourd vessel has taken the form of an imported teapot. The maker stitched in a spout and added a metal handle.

Spherical gourd teapot with square metal handle on top, round lid with knob and fiber, and spout attached with fiber.

Unknown artist, Kampala, Uganda; purchased new by Mildred A. Morton (born 1942?), Falls Church, Va., in Kampala, Uganda, 1993; donated to the National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., 2000.

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