face vessels

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Scope note
Stylized stoneware vessels depicting a human face, with white clay inserted for eyes and teeth. Manufactured by African Americans in South Carolina, and possibly Alabama and northern Florida during the nineteenth century.
face vessels
Accepted term: 01-Dec-2025