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Grave object
From the collection of National Museum of African Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Kongo women handbuilt the majority of domestic pottery, but male Kongo potters fashioned pipes and bowls for calabash water pipes and vessels with animal and human figures that they sold to outside markets. On occasion, men were observed creating water and cooking vessels for local use.
National Museum of African Art’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineGrave object. ca. 1800. Kongo artist. National Museum of African Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program. CC0.
