Unidentified
Storage Jar (jidaga or jIfinyè)
n.d.
Category
Culture
Bamana
Place Made
Mali: Koulikoro Region
Materials
Terracotta
Measurements
19 3/4 x 17 x 15 3/4 in (50.165 x 43.18 x 40.005 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert P. Gordy Collection
Accession #
88.27
Description
Richly decorated lozenge-shaped vessel with open top. Decorated in raised reliefs of two lizards and two female figures within a wide band around outside. Other raised ridges and patterns vertically between figures. Stamped patterns around top, and on the band around figures.