Cylindrical Funerary Jar
Arts of Africa
MEDIUM
Terracotta
DATES
200â1000 C.E.
DIMENSIONS
height: 26 3/8 in. (67.0 cm);
diam. at base: 7 in. (17.8 cm)
x 7 1/2 in.
ACCESSION NUMBER
1999.130.3
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Eugene and Harriet Becker
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Elongated, rounded-top cylinder with an overall pattern of rows with notched incisions. On the top, the middle, and the lower part, the rows are horizontal. In the center of the front side, three smooth, raised, parallel lines form a cross with a prominent umbilicus knob in the middle. On the back, the rows form a circle and zigzag lines on which are three raised tools. The cylinder lies on a smooth, truncated cone with a group of semi-circular notched rows on each side and parallel oblique lines below. Condition: Eroded surface.
Catalogued by Laurella.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
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