MEB 69-1

Research by: Sarai Martín López
Institució dipositària: Museu Etnològic i de Cultures del Món (MuEC)
Nº inventari institucional: MEB 69-1
Breu descripció institucional: Pot
Advertiment: Definition given in the institution's own inventories, which we do not necessarily share and which in some cases may be offensive or the result of prejudice.
Material: Not recorded in the museum's inventories
Advertiment: Terms used by scientific and academic institutions to describe the material collections held by museums of ethnology, natural history or zoology, which overlook other non-Western forms of designation and classification. While we do not necessarily share these terms, we nevertheless use them in provenance research such as this.
Mesures: Not recorded in the museum's inventories
Mètode d’adquisició: Donation
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Lloc d'adquisició: Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)
Advertiment: Data extracted from the documentary collections of the institution, which may be erroneous or incorrectly transcribed. The historical toponymy (often of colonial origin) has been retained to give coherence to the research.
Place of production/origin: Not recorded in the museum's inventories
Advertiment: Data extracted from the documentary collections of the institution, which may be erroneous or incorrectly transcribed. The historical toponymy (often of colonial origin) has been retained to give coherence to the research.
Collector: Jordi Sabater Pi
Advertiment: The personal or institutional names that appear, often associated with the colonial order, may be offensive or the result of prejudice. These references are used to give coherence to the research.
Donant: Armando Ligero and Amador Martín
Advertiment: The personal or institutional names that appear, often associated with the colonial order, may be offensive or the result of prejudice. These references are used to give coherence to the research.
Classification group: Not recorded in the museum's inventories (in theory, Bubi)
Advertiment: Data extracted from the documentary collections of the institution, which may be erroneous or incorrectly transcribed, and which we do not necessarily share. We keep a terminology (tribe, people, ethnicity, race, country, etc.), created or manipulated during the colonial period, to give coherence to the research.
Holder of the legal property rights: Barcelona City Council
Advertiment: Reference is made to the holder of the rights recognized by the legal and juridical systems of the former colonial metropolises, regardless of the property rights that may emanate from the communities of origin.

Summary of results

This is a ceramic pot acquired during the archaeological excavations and trials carried out in Malabo (Bioko, Equatorial Guinea) in 1960. It was donated to the Ethnology Museum of Barcelona by Armando Ligero Morote and Amador Martín del Molino, who took part, together with August Panyella and Jordi Sabater Pi, in the archaeological campaign.

Chronological reconstruction of provenance

This is a ceramic artefact that was acquired during the campaign of archaeological excavations and trials carried out in Fernando Poo (present-day Bioko) during the months of February and March 1960, for the study of prehistoric ceramics on the island. A total of 805 pieces and fragments of pottery, basalt tools, and palm kernel remains were collected. These were packed in 26 boxes and sent to the Ethnology Museum of Barcelona. Although no explicit reference is made to this piece in the documents, in the inventories for transporting the material we can find an object in box 10 numbered ‘1’, coinciding with the reference number of this piece (MEB L128 04 08, p. 23).

Estimation of provenance

The pot comes from a prehistoric station near Santa Isabel (present-day Malabo), Bioko, Equatorial Guinea.

Possible alternative classifications

No alternative classifications are apparent.

Complementary sources

Archives:

MEB L128 04 08. Referència: MEB (1960). Inventari del material arqueològic recollit en la campanya d’excavacions i prospeccions efectuada a Fernando Poo durant els mesos de febrer i març del 1960, consistent en 805 peces i fragments de ceràmica, útils de basalt i restes de palmist, embalats en vint-i-sis caixes, contrasenyades M. E. (Museu Etnològic) [Inventari] (L128 04 08). Arxiu del Museu Etnològic.