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Face vessels

Scope note

Stylized stoneware vessels depicting a human face, with white clay inserted for eyes and teeth. Manufactured by African Americans in South Carolina, and possibly Alabama and northern Florida during the nineteenth century.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000262626

Broader Terms used

vessels

Equivalent Terms used

face vessel

Created

13yrs ago

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