NUPE TERRACOTTA POTS ARCHIVES, Nigeria

The Nupe pots below have been sold and are left here for reference and educational purposes.

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NUPE
Pot 14
13.5" high
SOLD



 

NUPE
Pot 17
15" high
SOLD


   

NUPE
Pot 11
14" high
SOLD

 

NUPE
Pot 13
13" high
SOLD

NUPE
Pot 18
13.5" high
SOLD

NUPE
Pot 19
12" high
SOLD


NUPE
Pot 20
12" high
SOLD

NUPE
Pot 21
14" high
SOLD

NUPE
Pot 22
13.5" high
SOLD

NUPE
Pot
Supports
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Photographs © Hamill Gallery

NUPE, TERRACOTTA VESSELS, Nigeria

These Nupe pots have been vetted as authentic, with signs of age and use. 

These functional pots, always embellished with carefully executed surface patterns, were stacked on half-buried vessel supports when not in use. Whole walls of terracotta vessels often lined the inside of Nupe houses. Some of these of these show evidence of being repeatedly stacked, with subtle damage or wear around the inside of the lip or rim, or on the outside on the bottom. Several have encrusted surfaces and some are darkened with smoke from cooking and fires kept in the home.

The bases are all rounded so the raffia rings, similar to what would aid in carrying filled vessels on the head, are included.

Pots 14-17, in addition to bands of geometric designs, have nicely inlaid animal images, probably lizards or crocodiles (see details above).

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