Pottery Bottle from Guinea-Bissau

A buff brown ware bottle with conical spout, from Guinea-Bissau. It comes from Guinea-Bissau, and is included as it was originally collected by a member of Sierra Leone's Krio community, W. E. Inniss. From the mid-nineteenth century, Krio traders, missionaries and professionals settled along the coast of West Africa and in settlements on the Niger River. This Krio diaspora maintained close links with Sierra Leone through steam shipping lines, and objects from throughout the region found their way to Freetown where they were sometimes acquired by European collectors. Inniss worked as a Sierra Leone government officer in 1884, as Inspector of Public Works.

Further Information

• Type: Containers, vessels
• Object: Pottery Bottle from Guinea-Bissau
• Materials: Ceramic
• Culture Group: Krio
• Dimensions: 224 mm x x 180 mm
• Production Date: Pre 1902
• Associated Places: Guinea-Bissau: Bolama Island (Collected and created)
• Associated People: W. E. Inniss (Collector); A. Ridyard (Donor)
• Museum: World Museum Liverpool Sierra Leone Collection
• Accession Number: LIVCM.1.4.02.6

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