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Lidded Vessel with Human and Anthropomorphic Figures

17th–19th century

Terracotta

13 × 14 1/4 in. (33.02 × 36.195 cm)
Gift of SusAnna and Joel B. Grae
2010.6.188
Geography: 
Republic of Benin
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Fon, Voudou ceremonies
Period: 
17th–19th century
Classification: 
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance: 

SusAnna and Joel B. Grae, New York, to 2010; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2010.pdf (accessed 2012).

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