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Water Pot
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Water Pot

Artist/Maker Makonde people Mozambique
Datenot dated
CultureMakonde
Mediumpottery
DimensionsOverall: 16 x 18 1/2 in. (40.6 x 47 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of an Anonymous Donor
Terms
    Object number2007.21.2
    On View
    Not on view
    Collections
    • Art of Africa
    DescriptionThis was built of coils, dried, painted with a mica-rich wash to give it a speckled grey look, then burnished and incised. Kaolin (white clay) was rubbed into the incisions. The same word, nkova, is used for linear patterns on pottery and for tattooing. Such pots are treasured possessions used for a lifetime and eventually placed over a woman’s grave.
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    Jar
    Chorrera
    1100-300 BCE
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    Pot
    Makonde people
    not dated
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    Figure
    Olmec
    ca. 1500-400 BCE
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    Female Figure
    Makonde people
    20th century
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    Mask
    Makonde people
    not dated
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    Helmet Mask
    Makonde people
    not dated
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    Helmet Mask
    Makonde people
    not dated
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    Seal
    Artist Unknown
    19th century
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    Storage Jar
    Nigeria, Yoruba people
    20th century
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    Face Mask
    Dan people
    20th century
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    Figure
    Olmec
    ca. 1500-400 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Figure
    Dakakari people
    not dated
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