DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Face Jug

NameJug

Artist or maker Lanier Meaders (1917 - 1998)

Collective/Group NEA National Heritage Fellow

Place madeCleveland, Georgia, United States, North America

MediumCeramic (stoneware), glaze, stone

Dimensionsoverall: 23.5 CM H X 21.5 CM DIAM.

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Jeff and Emily Camp, A.1975.26.1

Object numberA.1975.26.1

Collections

NEA National Heritage Fellows

DescriptionHousehold goods-jug. Wheel-thrown stoneware, glazed green-brown, glossy and pitted. Jug is in shape of a two-faced grotesque head. Set stones serve as eyes. Two handles and narow mouth at top.

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