Pot stand or storage vessel (ètso)
Pot stand or storage vessel (ètso)
Pot stand or storage vessel (ètso)
Pot stand or storage vessel (ètso)
Pot stand or storage vessel (ètso)
Pot stand or storage vessel (ètso)
Pot stand or storage vessel (ètso)
Pot stand or storage vessel (ètso)
Pot stand or storage vessel (ètso)
Pot stand or storage vessel (ètso)

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Latin American Art

Pot stand or storage vessel (ètso)

Nupe artist
2018-141
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Curator's Voice: Terracotta vessels

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Title
Pot stand or storage vessel (ètso)
Maker
Nupe artist
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
h. 41 × diam. 25 cm (16 1/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of David and Karina Rilling
Object Number
2018-141
Place Made

Africa, Nigeria

Culture
African, Nupe
Type
vessels for storing or transporting food, ceramics
Materials
terracotta
Subject
geometric patterns

[Hamidou Berete, United States, by ca. 2000]; purchased by David C. (1940-2024) and Karina Rilling, Sellersville, PA, ca. 2000; donated to the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, 2018.

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