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Ritual Pot
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Ritual Pot

Artist/Maker (Nigeria)
Date20th century
Mediumpottery and pigment
DimensionsOverall: 12 1/2 x 8 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (31.8 x 20.6 x 19.4 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Alan Potamkin
Terms
    Object number2007.48.20
    DescriptionRitual pot with the image of a disease-producing spirit. The spirit of a specific affliction is trapped in the clay of the unfired pot by touching it to the sick person, then firing it. The finished pot is then put on a shrine. Similar practices are shared by a number of closely related peoples of the central Nigerian plateau.
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    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Ritual Pot
    Cham people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Figure
    Lobi people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Figure
    Lobi people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Figure with Bowl
    Jalisco
    ca. 300 BCE-300 CE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Brush Pot (Bitong)
    Artist Unknown
    late 17th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Funerary Head
    Akan people
    probably 18th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Funerary Head
    Akan people
    late 19th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Head
    Akan people
    19th to early 20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Jar
    Cham people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Bowl
    Akan people
    collected between 1960-1973
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Figure
    Dakakari people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Ritual Textile (Pua)
    Iban Dayak people
    20th century
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