Sieber, Roy. Purpose & Perfection : Pottery as a Woman's Art in Central Africa. Washington D.C., : National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1992.

Title

Sieber, Roy. Purpose & Perfection : Pottery as a Woman's Art in Central Africa. Washington D.C., : National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1992.

Subject

Central Africa, Art.

Description


A gallery brochure to accompany an exhibition of Central African pottery from the collection of the National Museum of African Art, which opened January 15, 1992. The brief text by Roy Sieber introduces African pottery-making techniques; nine examples of pot types illustrate the variety of pottery forms and functions. The curator Andrea Nicolls also contributed to the brochure.

Citation

“Sieber, Roy. Purpose & Perfection : Pottery as a Woman's Art in Central Africa. Washington D.C., : National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1992.,” African Ephemera Collection, accessed February 7, 2025, https://collections.libraries.indiana.edu/africancollections/items/show/8738.