Snake

African

  • Titles Snake (Descriptive)
  • Medium iron
  • Dimensions 8 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 3/4 in. (21 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mortimer B. and Sue Fuller, 2006.164
  • Work Type snake
  • Classification Furnishings and Equipment

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Bracelet, African, iron
Brown ovoid jar with narrow, short foot and short rim. Shoulder has geometric lizard forms; raised ridges with zig-zag lines at at top of shoulder and mid-point of body. Bottom half of vessel has patterns from impressed cord.
Dark brownish-black vessel has round bottom and narrower neck with parallel raised bands; body has incised horizontal abstract design.
Mbulu Ngulu