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        "id": 154199,
        "accession_number": "1988.244",
        "share_license_status": "Copyrighted",
        "tombstone": "Vessel (modern randa) with Rope Stand, c. 1970. Asibi Waje Kwali (Nigerian, active 1900s). 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",
        "current_location": null,
        "title": "Vessel (modern randa) with Rope Stand",
        "creation_date": "c. 1970",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1965,
        "creation_date_latest": 1975,
        "artists_tags": [
            "male"
        ],
        "culture": [
            "Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Gwari peoples"
        ],
        "technique": "Ceramic and plant fiber",
        "support_materials": [],
        "department": "African Art",
        "collection": "African Art",
        "type": "Vessels",
        "measurements": "Vessel: 36.4 cm (14 5/16 in.)",
        "dimensions": {
            "vessel": {
                "height": 0.364,
                "height_inch": 14,
                "height_inch_fraction": 0.3125
            }
        },
        "state_of_the_work": null,
        "edition_of_the_work": null,
        "copyright": null,
        "inscriptions": [],
        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 310246,
                    "title": "The Year in Review for 1988",
                    "description": "<i>The Year in Review for 1988</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).",
                    "opening_date": "1989-03-01T05:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 663599,
                    "title": "From the Earth through Her Hands: African Ceramics",
                    "description": "<i>From the Earth through Her Hands: African Ceramics</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 21, 2024-September 21, 2025).",
                    "opening_date": "2024-09-21T04:00:00"
                }
            ],
            "legacy": []
        },
        "provenance": [
            {
                "description": "Phyllis Sloane",
                "citations": [],
                "footnotes": null,
                "date": "?\u20131989",
                "sortorder": 1
            },
            {
                "description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift",
                "citations": [],
                "footnotes": null,
                "date": "1989\u2013",
                "sortorder": 2
            }
        ],
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        "related_works": [],
        "former_accession_numbers": [],
        "did_you_know": "This earthenware vessel took about three hours to fire in an open-air setting.",
        "description": "This vessel represents a transitional stage between functional and nonfunctional Gwari pottery. When red hot from firing out in the open, artist Asibi Waje Kwali covered the vessel with <em>makuba</em>. This locust-bean liquid created a deep red-brown color and functional waterproof surface. <em>Randa </em>(water vessels) typically hold 20 to 30 gallons of water. However, this smaller version adapts that tradition-based form for contemporary size preferences. Gwari pottery historically incorporated engraved geometric and figurative motifs; here, the artist also incised her name. <em>Farin kasa </em>(white clay slip) applied into the designs heightens their contrast.",
        "external_resources": {
            "wikidata": [
                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79940881"
            ],
            "internet_archive": []
        },
        "citations": [],
        "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.244",
        "images": {},
        "alternate_images": [],
        "creditline": "Gift of Phyllis Sloane in memory of David Sloane",
        "image_credit": null,
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        "gallery_donor_text": null,
        "athena_id": 154199,
        "creators": [
            {
                "id": 9850,
                "description": "Asibi Waje Kwali (Nigerian, active 1900s)",
                "extent": null,
                "qualifier": null,
                "role": "artist",
                "biography": null,
                "name_in_original_language": null,
                "use_in_caption": true,
                "include_extent": false,
                "weight": 1
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        ],
        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "1989-02-24T00:00:00",
        "sortable_date": 1965,
        "date_added_to_oa": null,
        "date_text": "c. 1970",
        "collapse_artists": false,
        "on_loan": false,
        "recently_acquired": false,
        "record_type": "cover",
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        "has_conservation_images": false,
        "cover_accession_number": null,
        "is_nazi_era_provenance": false,
        "impression": null,
        "alternate_titles": [
            "Water Vessel"
        ],
        "is_highlight": false,
        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:51:27.233000"
    }
}