id: 159001 accession number: 1995.210 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.210 updated: 2025-07-11 17:03:02.049000 Water Transport Jar, 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Nupe-style pottery, unknown female potter. 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: Water Transport Jar title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1900s creation date earliest: 1900 creation date latest: 1995 current location: 108A Sub-Saharan creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Nupe-style pottery, unknown female potter 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 title: From the Earth through Her Hands: African Ceramics opening date: 2024-09-21T04:00:00 From the Earth through Her Hands: African Ceramics. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 21, 2024-September 21, 2025). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Tambaran Gallery, New York, NY date: ?–1995 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art by purchase date: 1995– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS "Permanent Collection Installations.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 65, no. 3 (2024): 16-17. page number: Reproduced: p. 17; Mentioned: p. 16. url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM-2024-03 --- 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