Beer Vessel

Shona people, Zimbabwe, or Mozambique, African

20th century

  • Titles Beer Vessel (Descriptive)
  • Medium fired clay and slip and paint
  • Dimensions 14 x 16 1/2 in. Diam. (35.6 x 41.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Dick Jemison Collection of African Pottery, AFI.107.2012
  • Work Type vessel
  • Classification Containers

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