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Zulu Imbenge Pot Lids - Pot Covers

 

Couvercles de Marmites Zoulou - Zulu Topfabdeckung

 



WIRED: CONTEMPORARY ZULU TELEPHONE WIRE BASKETS

 

Traditionally Nguni peoples made mbenge or izimbenge, as cover to close the Ukamba beer pots. The lids protected this sacred substance from dust and flies. When beer was taken or removed from the pot, etiquette required that the lid be used to hold a spoon shaped beer skimmer. The lids themselves were made from a combination of grass and Ilala palm fibre. A major aesthetic revolution occurred when small, brightly coloured glass beads were introduced by European traders and missionaries. These beads inevitably found their way onto the traditional izimbenge. In time, telephone wire was also used and in some cases, replaced the Ilala palm.


 

 

 

 

 

Izimbenge - Mbenge - Imbenge

Below - our current stock of Zulu Mbenge pots covers.

 

       

                                                  Imbenge 'A'                                                                                          Imbenge 'B'

 

Imbenge 'C'

 

       

                                                   Imbenge 'D'                                                                                         Imbenge 'E'


       

                                                  Imbenge 'F'                                                                                          Imbenge 'G'

 

       

                                                  Imbenge 'H'                                                                                          Imbenge 'I'

 

       

                                                  Imbenge 'J'                                                                                          Imbenge 'K'

 

 

 

Above - our current stock of Zulu Mbenge pots covers.

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