Ceremonial Vase
Date19th Century
Object PlaceIvory Coast, West Africa, Africa
MediumTerracotta
ClassificationsCeramics
Dimensions1 5/8 inches (4.13 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Joseph H. Boyer Memorial Fund
Terms
Object number72.246
DescriptionVase, in browns and tans. Large bulbous body, collar, wide mouth, and ring foot. Body decoration in high relief, widely spaced vertical forms of turtles, lizards, alligators, snakes, humans. Knobby middle ridge. Bottom half has striated bands and large leaf design.On View
Not on viewLocations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, African
c. 604 BC
1910/1912
early 13th Century
1100/1400
1100/1400
1913
1913
1st/2nd Century AD
1854
11th/16th Century
20th Century