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Vessel Fragment

Ca. 1140
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
On the basis of linguistic evidence, historians have proposed that the woodland savannas of the Loango coast were settled by northern migrants from the region of western Cameroon between four and five thousand years ago. Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of the use of ceramics and stone tools by sedentary populations going back three thousand years. Pottery vessels inscribed with geometric patterns distinct to Kongo decorative arts have been found dating from the late Iron Age.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vessel Fragment
  • Date: Ca. 1140
  • Geography: Republic of the Congo, Loango Coast, Condé Site
  • Culture: Kongo peoples
  • Medium: Ceramic
  • Dimensions: H.1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm), W.1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm), D.5/16 in. (0.8 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Collection of Dr. James Denbow, University of Texas at Austin
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing