Purpose & perfection
Subtitle: pottery as a woman's art in Central Africa
Publisher: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Subjects: Pottery; Exhibitions; African Pottery; Women potters; National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
Other titles: Purpose and perfection; Pottery as a woman's art in Central Africa
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.
Notes: Text by Roy Sieber.

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 introduces African pottery-making techniques; nine examples of pot types illustrate the variety of pottery forms and functions.

Includes glossary.

The exhibition was reviewed by Arthur P. Bourgeois in African arts (Los Angeles) 25 (3): 91-92, July 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [6]).