Jar

Lobi people, Burkina Faso, African

20th century

  • Titles Jar (Descriptive)
  • Medium fired clay and slip
  • Dimensions 16 x 15 1/2 in. Diam. (40.6 x 39.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Dick Jemison Collection of African Pottery, AFI.278.2012
  • Work Type jar
  • Classification Containers

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