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Water Pot
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Water Pot

Artist/Maker (Mozambique)
Datenot dated
Mediumpottery
DimensionsOverall: 16 x 18 1/2 in. (40.6 x 47 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of an Anonymous Donor
Terms
    Object number2007.21.2
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    DescriptionThis was built of coils, dried, painted with a mica-rich wash to give it a speckled grey look, then burnished and incised. Kaolin (white clay) was rubbed into the incisions. The same word, nkova, is used for linear patterns on pottery and for tattooing. Such pots are treasured possessions used for a lifetime and eventually placed over a woman’s grave.

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