Pottery lamp of red ware. [MOBB [OPS move] 6/12/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pottery lamp of red ware. [MOBB [OPS move] 6/12/2016]
Long description: Pottery lamp of red ware. Two circular saucers with expanded feet and expanding, slightly rounded sides connected by means of a cylindrical pillar. The bowls are painted red on the exterior with a black cross painted on the interior of each. The pillar is black. [MOBB [OPS move] 6/12/2016]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; East central Nigeria
Cultural groups: Ibibio; Igbo
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1946
Date collected: By 1946
Acquisition information: Donated: 1946
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Fire-Hardened, Process Burnished, Process Painted, Process Thrown
Dimensions: Diameter: max 106 mm, Height: max 222 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1946.6.76

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