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Terracotta pot – Nupe – Nigeria

 495,00

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Description

Wonderfull unique terracotta pot from the Nupe people of Nigeria.

These tall, elegant flaring forms are supports, buried halfway in the ground to provide a stable base for a stack of the rounder Nupe pots. Whole walls of terracotta pots often lined the inside of Nupe houses. Most of these pieces show evidence of being buried, sometimes with deterioration or encrustation, most often with the exposed top portion darkened with smoke from cooking and fires kept in the home. Fair condition, contains a crack in the pot.

Provenance: Manfred Schäfer collection, ex- gallery owner from Ulm, Germany.

Object: Terracotta Pot
Ethnic group: Nupe
Country: Nigeria
Material: Terracotta
Estimated period:
Sold with stand: No
Dimensions: 59x31x31 cm
Weight: 10 kg
Condition: Fair condition, used with some signs of wear
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