Water Transport Jar

1900s Diameter: 35.7 cm (14 1/16 in.); Overall: 36.9 cm (14 1/2 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.210

The Nupe, an Islamic people from northern Nigeria, embellish pottery and metalwork with intricate, nonrepresentational patterning. A female potter built this vessel by joining two bowls into a globe shape, then adding the neck. After drying, she used shells to press in designs...

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