Makonde Ceramic Vessel
CultureMakonde
Date1900-1933
MediumCeramic
DimensionsOverall: 13 × 16 × 16 inches (33.02 × 40.64 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Allan R. Cooke in memory of Judith M. Cooke
Object number2015.16.2
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DescriptionA squat ovoid-shaped ceramic vessel. Dark brown in color with incised decorations of triangles and tiny dots in bands and arches. The incised decoration is colored white, possibly with kaolin. The decoration extends over the entire vessel including the bottom surface.Exhibition HistoryFirst Art: Historic African Ceramics, Douglas Dawson Gallery, 2009.
With David Roberts, South Africa, by 2000;
Purchased from Roberts by Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2000-April 2009 [1];
Purchased from Douglas Dawson Gallery by Allan R. Cooke, Shawnee Mission, KS and Albuquerque, NM, April 2009-2015 [2];
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.
NOTES:
[1] According to Douglas Dawson, in email correspondence with MacKenzie Mallon, Specialist, Provenance, September 27, 2022, NAMA curatorial files.
[2] According to documentation provided at the time of the object’s gift, NAMA curatorial files.
Douglas Dawson, ed., First Art: Historic African Ceramics, exh. cat. (Chicago, IL: Douglas Dawson Gallery, 2009), 130-31, (repro.).
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