Vessel

Yam people, or Gom people, Republic of Cameroon, African

Late 19th-early 20th century

  • Titles Vessel (Descriptive)
  • Medium fired clay and slip
  • Dimensions 16 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. Diam. (42.5 x 36.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Dick Jemison Collection of African Pottery, AFI.359.2012
  • Work Type vessel
  • Classification Containers

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Blackish-brown glossy vessel has round bottom and slopes inward toward mouth in rounded tiers. Body has incised bands, some filled with herringbone pattern, concentric arcs, and sections of parallel vertical lines.
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