Cylindrical Funerary Jar
Arts of Africa
MEDIUM
Terracotta
DATES
200â1000 C.E.
DIMENSIONS
height: 26 in. (66.0 cm);
diam. at base: ca. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
x 7 1/2 in.
ACCESSION NUMBER
1999.130.2
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Eugene and Harriet Becker
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Elongated rounded-top cylinder with an overall chevron-pattern in raised rows. Groups of vertical and horizontal rows deliniate large rectangles. On the top, a frieze of semi-circular rows, an arrow-shaped form, a raised umbilicus, and two other raised tools challenge the regularity of the form. Condition: Surface is eroded and base is broken. Entered Museum with mount.
Catalogued by Laurella.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
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