Vessel

Possibly Mali, African

19th or 20th century

  • Titles Vessel (Descriptive)
  • Medium fired clay and slip
  • Dimensions 5 1/2 x 5 x 3 1/2 in. (14 x 12.7 x 8.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Dick Jemison Collection of African Pottery, AFI.422.2012
  • Work Type vessel
  • Classification Containers

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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.
Miniature Ladder, Dogon people, Mali, African, wood
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