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Loan Object
Public domain

Lidded Vessel Surmounted by a Head

19th century

Terracotta

10 1/2 × 9 in. (26.67 × 22.86 cm)
Bequest of Paul F. Walter
ILE2011.9.66
Geography: 
Malawi
or Tanzania
or Mozambique
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Yao
Period: 
19th century
Classification: 
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance: 

Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, unknown date–1994
Paul F. Walter Collection, 1994–2017

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