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Storage Vessel

A vessel with a bulbous body and a slightly sloping and tapping neck to the rim that flares slightly. The entire vessel is covered with areas and drips of color, dark blue, brown, and a blueish/black.

A vessel with a bulbous body and a slightly sloping and tapping neck to the rim that flares slightly. The entire vessel is covered with areas and drips of color, dark blue, brown, and a blueish/black.

Culture Chewa
Title Storage Vessel
Date 20th century
Medium Clay and pigment
Dimensions Object: 16 × 16 in. (40.6 × 40.6 cm)
Overall: 16 × 16 in. (40.6 × 40.6 cm)
Credit Line Gift of William M. Itter, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 2017.95

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"Storage Vessel | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2024. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=2017.95