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Group Shot: 2000.1237.1-2
Vessel for serving beer (Izikhamba)
Group Shot: 2000.1237.1-2

Vessel for serving beer (Izikhamba)

20th century
Object PlaceSouth Africa
Medium/TechniqueBlackened terracotta with incised decoration;
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 12 1/2 x 15 Diameter in. (31.8 x 38 Diameter cm)
Credit LineGift of Suzanne and Bernard Pucker in honor of and with friendship for Charles and Judy Hood
Accession number2000.1237.1
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
ProvenancePurchased in South Africa by Bernard and Suzanne Pucker, Boston; 2000, year-end gift of Bernard and Suzanne Pucker to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 24, 2001)
Water jar
Water jar
Artist Unidentified
mid 20th century
Image Not Available for Pot
Pot
20th century
Portrait head
Portrait head
12th–14th century
Kneeling Figure
Kneeling Figure
Djenne peoples
13th–15th century
Head
Head
about 500 B.C.–A.D. 200
Male Figure
Male Figure
about 500 B.C.–A.D. 200
Figure of a Ewe
Figure of a Ewe
Djenne peoples
13th–15th century
Head
Head
about 1750
Akan Funerary Head
Akan Funerary Head
Artist Unidentified
20th century
Head
Male Figure
Artist Unidentified
19th–20th century
Head of an Oba
Head of an Oba
19th century
Container (abebudie)
Container (abebudie)
Artist Unidentified
20th century, 1950–2000