Lidded Vessel with Human and Animal Figures (bottom)
CultureAfrican
MediumPottery with high relief figures
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (3.18 × 6.99 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Larry Welling
Object number81-42 A
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DescriptionUnglazed, three-piece pottery vessel consisting of a large, nearly spherical bottom section, with two male, two female, and four froglike figures modeled in high relief around the perimeter. Surmounting this section is a second section acting as a stopper in the form of a human head with prominent nose, incised eyes, and plaited hair. This section has a small disk stopper.ProvenanceLarry W. Welling, Kansas City, MO, by 1981 [1];
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1981.
NOTES:
[1] According to Larry Welling, in a letter to Ralph T. Coe, Director, December 11, 1981, NAMA curatorial files, the vessel had been in Welling’s personal collection “for a number of years.”
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