Storage Vessel

Arts of Africa

Early/mid–20th century

Igbo
Nigeria
Coastal West Africa

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Igbo
Title: Storage Vessel
Place: Nigeria (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1900–1950
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 62.9 × 40.1 × 40.1 cm (24 3/4 × 15 3/4 × 15 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Through prior gift of Richard Faletti, the Faletti Family Collection
Reference Number: 2016.5

Douglas Dawson, From the Fire, Historic African Ceramics (December 2015), p. 35.

Kao Ibrahim, Ets Kao Ibrahim & Fils, Lomé, Togo, by 2005; sold to Douglas Dawson, Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, Ill., 2005.

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