Water Jar (jigada)

Bamana people, Mali, African

20th century

  • Titles Water Jar (jigada) (Descriptive)
  • Artist Bamana people, Mali
  • Medium fired clay and slip
  • Dimensions 23 x 20 in. Diam. (58.4 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.383.2012
  • Work Type water jar
  • Classification Containers

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