TERA Gallery - African Art and Antiquities

"Altering The Way You View The World Of Art"
Type of Object:
    DJENNE GLOBULAR TERRACOTTA BURIAL VESSEL

    The vast flood prone region that begins north of Segou and
    spreads out as far as Mopti and Timbuktu is known as the Inland
    Niger Delta.

    This area linked Africa with the Mediterranean Coast and was,
    since earliest times the route of the caravans, it was a very
    important link. After the 1400's this area or state began to lose the
    territories to the north such as Timbuktu, Gao and Djenne, and
    were subsequently conquered by the Songhai ruler Sonni Ali Ber,
    his successors were zealous moslems. During this period of
    Islamization, however, this region saw the development of an art
    that was extraordinary, purely traditional and non-Islamic. Objects
    of metalwork and terracottas have been unearthed from these
    areas, and the mystery surrounding their conception has not yet
    been explained nor understood.

Ethnic Group:

Country of Origin:  
    Inner Niger River Delta - Mali

Material:   
    Terracotta

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