Museum of Ethnology, Leipzig: Exhibits - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1971 - 25 Pfennig

From the Museum of Ethnology in Leipzig The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic publishes four multicolored special postage stamps depicting exhibits from the Museum of Ethnology in Leipzig. Ethnography The originals of the motives of this issue are in the Museum of Ethnology of Leipzig, the largest ethnographic museum on the soil of the German Democratic Republic, whose 100th anniversary roughly coincides with the appearance of this series. The brand motifs represent the four non-European continents represented in the museum's exhibitions: Australia / Oceania, Africa, Asia and America. It is probably no coincidence that three of the four depicted motifs depict ancestral-cult objects, a world-view prevalent over a long period of social evolution, and consequently happiness and unhappiness, both of the individual and of the human community and its institutions depend on the action of the spirits of deceased ancestors. The ancestral cult objects have always been carefully crafted and preciously decorated; however, according to the different levels of material culture and technical skills of their manufacturers, they are different in shape and material. The only profane purpose of this series is the 25 penny value. It is a copper teapot covered with enamel inside and out. The piece is from Thailand; It is a handicraft product from the province of Nakon Sritamarat in the south of the country, manufactured in the second half of the 19th century. As in many other Asian countries, tea was and is the traditional drink of all classes of the population in Thailand. The symbolic appreciation of the teapot in Thailand was expressed in the fact that at the end of the last century it belonged to the honors which the king bestowed upon distinguished public figures on promotions or rallies. Dimensions: height 22 cm with handle, diameter 17 cm.