Globular vessel with twine impressions

Middle Niger artist(s)

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 341

Since the first millennium ce, skilled female potters in what is today central Mali have produced a diverse repertoire of fired ceramics, including household items, burial urns, and representational devotional works. This vessel represents one example of the various elegant, hand-modeled Middle Niger ceramics. Beyond their utilitarian form, they feature careful decorative finishes. The artists created impressed designs that imitate woven basketry by repeatedly stamping braided fibers around the vessel's exterior.

Globular vessel with twine impressions, Middle Niger artist(s), Terracotta, Middle Niger civilization (?)

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Globular vessel with twine impressions, Middle Niger artist(s), Terracotta, Middle Niger civilization (?)
Globular vessel with twine impressions, Middle Niger artist(s), Terracotta, Middle Niger civilization (?)
Globular vessel with twine impressions, Middle Niger artist(s), Terracotta, Middle Niger civilization (?)

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