DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Devil face jug

NameJug

Artist or maker Lanier Meaders (1917 - 1998)

Collective/Group NEA National Heritage Fellow

Place madeCleveland, Georgia, United States, North America

MediumCeramic (wood fired, alkaline glazed stoneware, white clay eyes), quartz pebble teeth

Dimensionsoverall: 23.5 CM H X 18.5 CM DIAM.

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Jeff and Emily Camp, A.1975.26.2

Object numberA.1975.26.2

Collections

NEA National Heritage Fellows

DescriptionHousehold goods-jar. Wheel-thrown stoneware, glazed green-brown, glossy and pitted. Jug is in shape of a single-face devil with horns. Inset stones and pebbles serve as eyes and teeth.

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