id: 159001 accession number: 1995.210 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.210 updated: 2023-09-07 11:14:43.455000 Jar, 1900s. Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Nupe, 20th century. Terracotta; diameter: 35.7 cm (14 1/16 in.); overall: 36.9 cm (14 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1995.210 title: Jar title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1900s creation date earliest: 1900 creation date latest: 1995 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Nupe, 20th century technique: Terracotta department: African Art collection: African Art type: Vessels find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 35.7 cm (14 1/16 in.); Overall: 36.9 cm (14 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The Nupe, an Islamic people of northern Nigeria, are known for both pottery and metalwork embellished with intricate, nonrepresentational patterning. Coil-built by a female potter, this large, gracefully shaped pitcher was dried to a leather-hard stage, then decorated by scoring, incising, and burnishing the exterior. Finally, the vessel was fired in the open air. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.210/1995.210_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.210/1995.210_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.210/1995.210_full.tif