VHM_0012

Descriptive title

Black bronze pot

Initial context

Pre-1975

Date

18th century

Object type(s)

Tableware/Kitchenware

Material(s)

Metal

Description

This black, bronze pot from the 18th century has been in Nguyễn Ngọc Tuyết's family for hundreds of years and has traveled with them through multiple forced displacements: from their home village of Dương A to Nam Định during the First Indochina War, to Saigon after the Geneva Accords was signed and Vietnam was divided at the 17th parallel, and then to the U.S. with the end of the Vietnam War.

Collection

Vietnamese Heritage Museum

Donor(s)

Nguyễn Ngọc Tuyết

Current location

Vietnamese Heritage Museum

Rights description

Object donated to the Vietnamese Heritage Museum by Nguyễn Ngọc Tuyết

Data license

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Creator(s)

Doug Daniels

Timeline

Black Bronze Pot origin

Duong A Village, Vietnam

Pre-1975

c. 18th century

Used by Nguyễn Ngọc Tuyết's family in their home village of Dương A since the 18th century.
Black Bronze Pot traveled to Nam Định

Nam Dinh, Vietnam

Resettlement

1948

Carried along with Nguyễn Ngọc Tuyết's family when they were displaced from their home village of Dương A to Nam Định during the First Indochina War.
Black Bronze Pot Traveled to Hanoi

Hanoi, Vietnam

Resettlement

1951

Brought to Hanoi where Nguyễn Ngọc Tuyết's family resettled.
Black Bronze Pot traveled to Saigon

Saigon, Vietnam

Resettlement

1954

Brought to Saigon where Nguyễn Ngọc Tuyết's family migrated after the Geneva Accords was signed and Vietnam was divided at the 17th parallel.
Black Bronze Pot traveled to the United States

United States

Resettlement

1982

Brought to U.S. where Nguyễn Ngọc Tuyết's family relocated after the Vietnam War.
Black Bronze Pot Donated to the Vietnamese Heritage Museum

Garden Grove, CA, USA

2023

Donated to the Vietnamese Heritage Museum by Nguyễn Ngọc Tuyết.