Vessel

African

20th century

  • Titles Vessel (Descriptive)
  • Medium fired clay and slip
  • Dimensions 20 x 20 in. Diam. (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Dick Jemison Collection of African Pottery, AFI.339.2012
  • Work Type vessel
  • Classification Containers

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Wide, dark brown vessel with narrow mouth has short, flared lip and narrow base. Incised decorative patterns filled with white pigment include parallel bands around body of vessel, and opposing half circles on shoulder.
Gold Weight in the Form of a Peanut, Asante people or, Baule people, Akan group, Ghana or, Côte d'Ivoire, African, brass
Spherical jar with reddish-brown patina has short neck with flared rim, decorated with raised spiral forms that wrap around body and neck
A group of black people wearing white and walking to the left.