Altar Vessel

Arts of Africa

Early 20th century

Lobi
Burkina Faso
Northern Africa and the Sahel

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Lobi
Title: Altar Vessel
Place: Burkina Faso (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.: 1900–1925
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 26.7 × 34.9 cm (10 1/2 × 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Donald Young and Shirley Weese Young
Reference Number: 2015.311

Gilbert Ouedrago, Burkina Faso, by 1997; sold to Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, Ill., 1997; sold to Donald Young and Shirley Weese Young, Chicago, Ill., about 1997; given to the Art Institute, 2015.

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