Vessel

late 19th–early 20th century

African Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Terracotta

Dimensions

21 × 18 in. (53.34 × 45.72 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of Paul F. Walter

Loan number

ILE2011.9.84

Geography

Nigeria

Culture

Igbo

Period

19th–20th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
With Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, by 2005; sold to Paul F. Walter (1935–2017), New York, 2005 (inv. no. 2005.052); bequeathed to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2017
Bibliography
  • Douglas Dawson, The Potter's Hand: Historic African Ceramics, exh. cat. (Chicago: Douglas Dawson Gallery, 2005), 50, ill
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
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