MSSU African Art Exibit : The MSSU African Art collection features a variety of authentic works of art from various tribes located throughout Central Africa. The objects in the collection range from mundane day to day grooming tools to ritualistic masks and statues.
Title:
Vessel, Clay
Object Name:
Vessel, Clay
Other Name:
Vase, Pot, Gourd—shaped
Place of Origin:
Songye, South Africa, Africa
Provenance:
Aboriginal Indigenous Art.
H = 15"
W = 14"
D = 14"

Appraisal originally notes: Zulu, South Africa. As the place of origion. Also hand written, and crossed out is: Nupe.
Description:
Gourd—shaped clay vessel with round bottom, short conical cylindrical neck, with wide trumpet—shaped flanged rim. Black neck, rim and bottom, bas—relief designs of circular designs separated by vertical lines on the shoulders. Bas—relief band around waist, brown sides.
Collection:
Finley Collection
Material:
Clay
Used:
Ritually Used
Technique:
Pottery
Owned:
Art Department, Missouri Southern State University
Accession#:
2014.1.36
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