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Kabyle pottery was traditionally made for domestic purposes such as preparing and serving food, storing water and providing light, and for ritual occasions such as births and weddings. Today its purpose is largely decorative and other materials such as plastic, metal and china are used to serve its original practical functions.\r\n\r\nThis water jar was purchased by the V&A in 1868 as part of a group of 51 Kabyle items. Its construction and design are typical. The clay was shaped by hand using the thumb and coiling methods. Before firing, the jar was decorated with kaolin, coloured oxides and slips (liquid clay), usually in blocks of red and white overlaid by geometric designs applied in black. Pots not intended for use in cooking, like this one, also had a resin applied to give a glazed surface. This gave a yellow colour and ensured that the pot was watertight.","physicalDescription":"Amphora-shaped earthenware jar for water with two handles (top of one handle broken off) and fluted neck. Decorated in blocks of red and white (resinous glaze makes this look yellow), the latter overlaid by geometric designs applied in black.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"earthenware","id":"x29356"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Earthenware, decorated with kaolin, coloured oxides and slips and covered with resin","categories":[{"text":"Africa","id":"THES49019"},{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Containers","id":"THES48972"}],"styles":[{"text":"Kabyle","id":"AAT16594"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"MES","id":"THES48607"},"images":["2008BT0011"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"145","id":"THES49865"},"free":"","case":"39","shelf":"1","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"jar","id":""}],[{"text":"tekelilt","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Algeria","id":"x30025"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"before 1868","earliest":null,"latest":"1867-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"50","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"22.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Accessions register entry: [Pasted in label] Pottery (a collection of fifty-one specimens). Various domestic objects belonging to the Kabyle Arabs. Painted earthenware. Modern North African. Bought, 30l\r\n[Added by hand in pen] 6 at Burslem Museum\r\n1 each at:- 18\r\nMansfield, Nottingham, Penzance, Sleaford, Stoke, Torquay, Putney, Rotherham, Selby, Shipley, Stourbridge, Huddersfield, Ipswich, Kendal, Lowestoft, Canterbury, Coventry, Glasgow.\r\n13 at Edinburgh.\r\n5 in Lockers, Rm. 133: 31/34, 28\r\n8 in Crypt\r\n1 in Case 10 B.G.M 31/15\r\n[Added by hand in pen at top of page] 31/3, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 26, 32, 35, 39, 41, 43. Transferred permanently to the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh 21/2771 & 4613.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Jar (tekelilt), earthenware, Algeria, Grande Kabyle, Djurdjura region (probably Aït Aïssi group), before 1868","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"Grande Kabyle, Djurdjura region (probably Aït Aïssi group)","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"[Mariam Rosser-Owen - draft label text for new Ceramics Gallery display]\r\nBerber women of the Kabyle region of northern Algeria have made pottery in the same way for centuries. The vessels are utilitarian, used for storing or transporting food or water. They are decorated with traditional designs, indicating tribal identity and amuletic protection over the vessels' contents. The V&A acquired these objects in 1868, which gives a rare means of dating them. \r\n\r\n1. Water jar (tekelilt)\r\nAlgeria, Grande Kabyle, Djurdjura region (probably Aït Aïssi tribe), before 1868\r\nEarthenware, decorated with slips and covered with resin \r\nThese jars are used for transporting water from public wells and storing it in the house.\r\nMuseum no.  31:12-1868 (probably)\r\n\r\n2. Oil lamp (mesbah)\r\nAlgeria, Grande Kabyle, Djurdjura region (probably Aït Aïssi tribe), before 1868\r\nEarthenware, decorated with slips and covered with resin\r\nThe monumental lamps are carried in wedding and New Year ceremonies. \r\nMuseum no.  31:48-1868\r\n\r\n3. Jug (tabukalt) \r\nAlgeria, Grande Kabyle, Djurdjura region (probably Aït Aïssi tribe), before 1868\r\nEarthenware, decorated with slips and covered with resin \r\nThese jugs are used in the home for storing and pouring water.\r\nMuseum no. 31:42-1868","date":{"text":"03/2008","earliest":"2008-03-01","latest":"2008-03-31"}}],"partNumbers":["31:12-1868"],"accessionNumberNum":"31","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1868,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP3153","2019LU8601","2019LV3258"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-18","recordCreationDate":"2008-03-26","availableToBook":false}}