Songye
Storage Container for Water or Flour
Songye, 1933-1966
Scroll
Songye
Storage Container for Water or Flour
Songye, 1933-1966
Physical Qualities
Ceramic, 19 5/16 × 15 3/4 in. (49 × 40 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert and Mary Cumming, Baltimore
Object Number
1991.345
The texture and color of these walls is inspired by the large ceramic vessels on view in this exhibition. The arced crescents and diagonal lines specifically reference the incised surface designs of the Songye water or flour vessel from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1991; Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Cumming
Hand Held: Personal Arts from Africa
Ginzberg, Marc. African Forms. United Kingdom: Thames and Hudson, 2000. Related work, p.88.
K. Berzock. For Hearth and Altar: African Ceramics from the Achepohl Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2005): pp. 161-162.
K. Berzock. For Hearth and Altar: African Ceramics from the Achepohl Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2005): pp. 161-162.
