id: 159553 accession number: 1996.302 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.302 updated: 2022-01-04 17:21:22.654000 Vessel, 1930s. Mbitim (Sudanese). Terracotta; overall: 25.4 cm (10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Sundry Purchase Fund 1996.302 title: Vessel title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1930s creation date earliest: 1930 creation date latest: 1939 current location: creditline: Sundry Purchase Fund copyright: --- culture: Central Africa, Sudan technique: Terracotta department: African Art collection: African Art type: Vessels find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Mbitim (Sudanese) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 25.4 cm (10 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Mbitim was the head potter at a ceramic workshop in Lirangu, a center for the treatment of sleeping sickness and leprosy. His work was especially prized by European administrators and visitors. Mbitim's style is distinctive, frequently incorporating portrait heads or complete figures. Intricate surface decoration covers the vessel body. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES