Ovoid brownish red vessel with lug handles at mid point of body and short slightly flaring rim Vessel is demarcated around widest point with band of incised dots top half of vessel is smooth and bottom half is adorned with rolled texture and blackened

Vessel with Lug Handles

Nuna people, Burkina Faso, African

20th century

  • Titles Vessel with Lug Handles (Descriptive)
  • Artist Nuna people
  • Medium fired clay with slip
  • Dimensions 15 1/2 x 15 x 18 in. (39.4 x 38.1 x 45.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mortimer B. and Sue Fuller, 2006.41
  • Work Type vessel
  • Classification Containers

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