The Nupe pots below have been sold and are left here for reference and educational purposes.
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Pot 17 15" high SOLD |
Pot 11 14" high SOLD |
Pot 13 13" high SOLD |
Pot 18 13.5" high SOLD |
Pot 19 12" high SOLD |
Pot 20 12" high SOLD |
Pot 21 14" high SOLD |
Pot 22 13.5" high SOLD |
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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