Ornament

African

  • Titles Ornament (Descriptive)
  • Medium iron
  • Dimensions 3 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 1/4 in. (9.5 x 3.2 x 0.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mortimer B. and Sue Fuller, 2006.110
  • Work Type ornament
  • Classification Furnishings and Equipment

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Globular footed vessel with columnar neck and slightly flared rim has areas of glossy burnished surface and matte surface. Raised flat bands define registers. Patterns within the bands include repeating V-shapes, incised circles, diagonal lines, and impressed shapes.
Phallic-shaped vessel with flared opening at the base, covered with patterns of reticulated ridges and raised bumps
Oval-shaped vessel tapers to narrow, flat base. Narrow curved neck has flaring rim; shoulder has five rows of raised bumps. Body of vessel has four rows of repeating incised garlands.
Short robe of dark khaki cotton with crew neck and butterfly sleeves, the entire garment is hand embroidered with red, yellow, beige and blue cotton threads in a pattern consisting of wave-pattern bands at the waist and neck as well as along the sleeves and hem, within the bands is a pattern of irregularly-shaped organic elements, or gongs, and crescent shapes interspersed with diamonds and triangles.