Yorùbá
Figurative Vessel
Yoruba, 1900-1966
Scroll
Yorùbá
Figurative Vessel
Yoruba, 1900-1966
Physical Qualities
Earthenware, 8 1/4 × 5 7/16 in. (20.9 × 13.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Aaron and Joanie Young, Baltimore
Object Number
1991.142
Janus face vessel with four bars originating on lip of vessel and meeting over opening of vessel. Two open, raised circles on each 'chest'. Neck, faces and circles decorated with small holes. One handle on side between 2 circles.
Thompson, Robert F., "Black gods and kings: Yoruba art at UCLA," Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1976, c1971, ch. 6/1-5.
