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Tutsi Peoples
African
Tutsi vessels demonstrate various ways that the surface of pottery can be embellished. Decorative techniques include stamping, impressing, carving, punching, rolling, modeling, applying coils or shapes of clay, scratching, scraping, and burnishing or polishing. This large bottle is finished with modeling or relief as well as the application of colored clays or minerals.
African
Pot
20th century
Dimensions:
25 in. x Diam. 19 1/2 (63.5 cm x Diam. 49.53 cm)
Medium and Support:
Terracotta
Accession Number:
2016.0016
Credit Line:
Gift of Dileep and Martha Mehta
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Tutsi vessels demonstrate various ways that the surface of pottery can be embellished. Decorative techniques include stamping, impressing, carving, punching, rolling, modeling, applying coils or shapes of clay, scratching, scraping, and burnishing or polishing. This large bottle is finished with modeling or relief as well as the application of colored clays or minerals.
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