• Where:Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Miss., KU campus, Lawrence
• Cost: Free
• Age limit: All ages
• Ongoing: Until Sunday, December 27, 2009

Description

The development of African ceramic traditions in agricultural and pastoral societies has yielded a diversity of vessels with unique forms, functions, and symbolic meanings. Vessels are not just or containers for food, water and other necessities of life; they also symbolize life itself from creation to culmination. Drawn from the Spencer’s collection by Nancy Mahaney, SMA Curator of Arts & Cultures of the Americas, Africa, and Oceania, this exhibition of African ceramics will explore the form, function, and meanings of ceramic vessels from across the continent.

Posted Sept. 1, 2009 and Last updated Sept. 1, 2009