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Beer Vessel
Beer Vessel
Beer Vessel

Beer Vessel

Artist
DateMid–late 20th century
Associated withAfrica
MediumEarthenware and graphite
DimensionsHeight: 16 3/8 in. (41.6 cm)
Diameter (mouth): 10 in. (25.4 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Julianna Simmons
Object number2017.20.5
On View
Not on view
Collections
ProvenanceDavid Roberts (dealer), South Africa (purchased from owner, Western shore of Lake Malawi, between Nkatha Bay in the south and Karonga on the Tanzanian border); sold to William B. Simmons, New York, NY, March 2005; given to daughter Julianna Simmons, New York, NY, n.d.; given to NCMA, 2017.
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