Figural vessel "kwandalha" · Nigeria, Longuda · ID: 3033770
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Size
H: 56 cm
H: 22.0 inch
Description
beige coloured terracotta, blackened in parts, bellied corpus, short raised arms and an elongated head with simplified facial features, spout in the area of the chest., rep. (arm), minor missing parts, on base;
the Longuda produced figural vessels for soothsaying, the healing of diseases and the protection of unborn children.
Comparing literature
Berns, Marla C. et. al.; Arts of the Benue River Valley, Los Angeles 2011, p. 480, ill. 16.5