id: 154199 accession number: 1988.244 share license status: Other url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.244 updated: 2020-11-04 21:29:48.194000 Vessel with Rope Stand, c. 1970. Asibi Waje Kwali (Nigerian). Ceramic and plant fiber; vessel: 36.4 cm (14 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Phyllis Sloane in memory of David Sloane 1988.244 title: Vessel with Rope Stand title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1970 creation date earliest: 1965 creation date latest: 1975 current location: creditline: Gift of Phyllis Sloane in memory of David Sloane copyright: --- culture: Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Gwari, 20th century technique: Ceramic and plant fiber department: African Art collection: African Art type: Vessels find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Asibi Waje Kwali (Nigerian) - artist --- measurements: Vessel: 36.4 cm (14 5/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Year in Review for 1988 opening date: 1989-03-01T05:00:00 The Year in Review for 1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Ladi Kwali, a master potter, learned the art of hand-built pottery at an early age from her aunt. By 1950 the ruler in her area had assembled a collection of her work, distinctively decorated with rouletted patterns and incised designs of snakes, crocodiles, scorpions, birds, and fish. Before firing, she painted the object's surface with white porcelain clay (kaolin) and feldspar and rubbed it off with a wet sponge, leaving the white pigment in the incised designs. The pot was then dipped in a glaze that is transparent when fired following Western conventions. Ladi Kwali signed her vessel. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES