Effigy Vessel
72-21-1A
From: Mali
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 72-21-1A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bozo |
| Provenience | Mali |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Burnished (uncertain) |
| Description | Tripartite Effigy Vessel. Bottom section. Spherical pot, burnished(?). Small high oval eyes, protruding irises. Large long nose flaring at nostrils. Open protruding oval mouth. Grid of 9 bumps (cicatrization?) on each cheek. Ears very far back. Hair represented by three strips of protruding vertical chevrons, one in front of each ear, one between them in back of head. |
| Height | 28.5 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 14.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Haas Community Fund, 1972 |
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