The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 23, 2025
Vessel
1930s
Location: Not on view
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The clay for a vessel like this was typically gathered from a stream bank.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.- "CMA Annual Report, 1996" (Cleveland, CMA, 1997) listed p. 46, reproduced p. 45
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1996.301