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Vessel, Mangbetu, early 1900s (terracotta)

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CVL500185
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Vessel, Mangbetu, early 1900s (terracotta)
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Artist
Congolese School, (20th century) / African
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA
Medium
terracotta
Dimensions
d:17.10 h:35.00 w:15.60 cms
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Women were and still are responsible for the making of terracotta pots among the Mangbetu. It seems, however, that men added the figurative elements that embellish examples like the one shown here. The depicted head with its elongated skull and halolike coiffure imitates the cranial deformation and hairstyle fashionable among female Mangbetu royalty at the beginning of the 20th century. Typically used for wine, many vessels were also explicitly made for sale to foreigners.

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Photo © Cleveland Museum of Art / The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken / Bridgeman Images
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20th century / Africa / object / face / ceramics / african / head / jug / tribal / democratic republic of the congo / vessel
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Medium 641 × 1024 px 54 × 87 mm 600 KB

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