Vessel

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Origin Cameroon Grasslands

Title Vessel

Date 1900–1950

Medium Clay, reed, fiber, and and pigment

Dimensions Object: 17 × 15 1/4 in. (43.2 × 38.7 cm)
Overall: 17 × 15 1/4 in. (43.2 × 38.7 cm)

Credit Line Gift of William M. Itter, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 2011.317

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This clay vessel has an overlay of reed and fiber in a crisscross pattern. The open-work design of the fiber allows parts of the clay to remain visible. The addition of reed and fiber to the exterior of the clay pot shows how people have incorporated basketry with other mediums like clay. This aspect of the design may have provided additional structural support to facilitate the intended use of the pot.

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"Vessel | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=2011.317