Cooking Pot

Chamba people, Nigeria, African

Early 20th century

  • Titles Cooking Pot (Descriptive)
  • Artist Chamba people, Nigeria
  • Medium fired clay and slip
  • Dimensions 17 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (43.8 x 26.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Dick Jemison Collection of African Pottery, AFI.126.2012
  • Work Type pot
  • Classification Containers

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