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Terracotta funerary cylinder
Object Number 981-11-50/12045
Display Title Terracotta funerary cylinder
Descriptions
Object Description Large coarse-grained funerary cylinder of low-fired red clay with incised geomtric and zoomorphic imagery around its perimeter. The body of the cylinder is hollow, open at both ends, tapered to flared openings at both ends.
Inventory Description Ornament, cylindrical vessel, ridged with zoomorphic and geometric designs
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date 1981 or earlier
Culture
  • Kongo
  • Bakongo?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Africa / Angola
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 45.2 x 27.3 x 27.5 cm (17 13/16 x 10 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 981-11-50/12045
Credit Line Gift of Edwards-Britt Collection, 1981
Provenance
Collector Charles Edwards (08/1978)
Donor Donated by Edwards-Britt Collection (12/1980)

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