Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Prim Media Primary media for this item. 248 DescriptionEN English Description The monkey jar is a pottery jug used for holding drinking water and keeping it cool. This is because clay is a poor conductor of heat and since the jar is unglazed, water is able to evaporate from its surface to cool the jar. It is known for keeping the water cool. The Monkey jar shows similarity with similar vessels from Africa in its shape and function, giving evidence to support that the design and skill of making this vessel was passed down from enslaved people. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource The monkey jar is a pottery jug used for holding drinking water and keeping it cool. This is because clay is a poor conductor of heat and since the jar is unglazed, water is able to evaporate from its surface to cool the jar. It is known for keeping the water cool. The Monkey jar shows similarity with similar vessels from Africa in its shape and function, giving evidence to support that the design and skill of making this vessel was passed down from enslaved people. Title A name given to the resource Monkey Jar Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 6042 Type The nature or genre of the resource Physical Object Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,13.084317,-59.600278; Subject The topic of the resource CULTURAL HERITAGE Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. Barbados Museum and Historical Society