Nigerian Earthenware Bowl

This is a red earthenware bowl, polished black on the outside. It is decorated with four large bosses. Though this item is Nigerian, it is included as it was originally collected by a member of Sierra Leone's Krio community, John. G. Taylor. From the mid-nineteenth century, Krio traders, missionaries and professionals settled along the coast of West Africa and in settlements on the Niger River. This Krio diaspora maintained close links with Sierra Leone through steam shipping lines, and objects from throughout the region found their way to Freetown where they were sometimes acquired by European collectors. John G. Taylor was a steam engineer, and a missionary, based in Freetown.

Further Information

  • Type: Containers, vessels
  • Object: Nigerian Earthenware Bowl
  • Materials: Ceramic
  • Culture Group: Other, Krio
  • Dimensions: 145 mm
  • Production Date: Pre 1911
  • Associated Places: South Eastern Nigeria: Onitsha (Collected and created)
  • Associated People: John. G. Taylor (Collector); A. Ridyard (Donor)
  • Museum: World Museum Liverpool Sierra Leone Collection
  • Accession Number: LIVCM.1.2.11.32

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