Vessel for Serving Beer

Arts of Africa

Mid–20th century

Zulu
South Africa
Eastern and Southern Africa

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Northern Nguni
Title: Vessel for Serving Beer
Place: South Africa (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1900–1999
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 27.3 × 29.2 cm (10 3/4 × 11 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Donald Young and Shirley Weese Young
Reference Number: 2015.312

Third World Spectator Gallery, South Africa, by 1995; sold to Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, Ill., 1995; sold to Donald Young and Shirley Weese Young, Chicago, Ill., about 1995; given to the Art Institute, 2015.

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