Bottle
Bottle
Bottle
Bottle

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Bottle

Mangbetu artist
1998-685

The bulbous body, short neck, and narrow opening suggest this vessel was used to store water. The potter probably made it from the bottom up: first placing clay inside the hollow of an old pot, then building the neck with coils of clay. The delicate surface design was impressed on the smooth, wet clay, and the flat horizontal bands and rectangular adornments were then burnished—probably with a smooth stone—before the bottle was fired at a low temperature.

Information

Title
Bottle
Maker
Mangbetu artist
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 22 cm., diam. 22.3 cm. (8 11/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-685
Place Made

Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Culture
African, Mangbetu
Type
bottles, ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Techniques
firing (technique)
Subject
geometric patterns

John B. Elliott, New York, NY by 1984; Princeton University Art Museum, 1998

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