Double-Bowled Pot

Igbo people, Nigeria, African

20th century

  • Titles Double-Bowled Pot (Descriptive)
  • Artist Igbo people, Nigeria
  • Medium fired clay and slip
  • Dimensions 6 3/4 x 17 in. (17.1 x 43.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Dick Jemison Collection of African Pottery, AFI.156.2012
  • Work Type pot
  • Classification Containers

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