Vessel

CultureMo

Date1967

MediumTerracotta

DimensionsOverall: 15 × 12 inches (38.1 × 30.48 cm)

Credit LineGift of Roy and Sophia Sieber

Object numberF94-32

On View

Not on view

Collections

African Art

Terms

DescriptionGlobular form with pinched neck and flared lip. Rich red-brown glaze. Impressed and incised detail: smooth central band at mid-section with incised diagonal lines forming broad zig-zag pattern; below this band impressed surface appears to be that of rolled maize cob, same impress above central band with addition of long diagonal lines forming zig-zag pattern.Provenance

Provenance

Acquired in eastern Ghana by Roy Sieber (1923-2001), May 1967 [1];

Roy and Sophie (1923-2013) Sieber, Gainesville, FL, May 1967-1994;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1994.

NOTES:

[1] According to documentation provided at the time of the object’s gift, NAMA curatorial files.

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