Pot

early 20th century

African Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Medium

Clay

Dimensions

7 × 8 × 8 in. (17.8 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Jonathan Hay, M.A. 1982, Ph.D. 1989

Accession Number

2021.44.1

Geography

Nigeria

Culture

Nupe

Period

20th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
With Dambaba by 2007 [see note 1]; sold to Jonathan Hay, New York, New York, 2007–2021; given to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2021

Dambaba acquired items in Burkina, Togo, and other west African countries, and sold them in New York (see curatorial object file, correspondence with Johnathan Hay, September 2, 2021).
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
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Object/Work type

pots

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