Medicine Pot

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Medicine Pot: Large carved wood vessel with three sections decorated with lizards, snakes, hornbill, and human figures.
Medicine Pot

Large carved wood vessel with three sections decorated with lizards, snakes, hornbill, and human figures.

Name/Title

Medicine Pot

Entry/Object ID

2011.C-D.114.A-C

Description

Large carved wood vessel with three sections decorated with lizards, snakes, hornbill, and human figures.

Use

Ceremonial

Context

Hogon (spiritual leader) installation ceremony

Collection

Jonathan A. Campbell & Tanya G. Dowdey African Art Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Dogon People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1900 - 1930

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Mali

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Mali

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Dogon People

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Sculpture

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Vessel

Class

Medicine

Dimensions

Height

9-3/4 in

Width

5-1/4 in

Depth

5 in

Height

18 in

Diameter

14 in

Height

33 in

Diameter

12 in

Material

Wood