Head

Bankoni culture, Mali, African

1250 - 1550

  • Titles Head (Descriptive)
  • Medium fired clay and slip
  • Dimensions 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (8.9 x 5.7 x 6.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Drs. Noble and Jean Endicott, 1990.200
  • Work Type head
  • Classification Sculpture

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Blackish-brown glossy vessel has round bottom and slopes inward toward mouth in rounded tiers. Body has incised bands, some filled with herringbone pattern, concentric arcs, and sections of parallel vertical lines.
Globular vessel with narrow neck and mouth has woven basketry cover
A group of black people wearing white and walking to the left.