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1948.10.45

Bamboo vessel with bands of incised geometric patterns, containing black pigment. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/2/2006]

1948.10.45

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bamboo vessel with bands of incised geometric patterns, containing black pigment. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/2/2006]
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Arunachal Pradesh
Person
Field collector James Philip Mills
PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1947
Date collected
Before 1947
Acquisition information
Donated: 1948
Materials and processes
Material Resin Plant, Material Charcoal, Material Bamboo Plant, Process Incised
Dimensions
Diameter: max 25 mm, Length: max 125 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1948.10.45
Research and responses

Related Documents File - Copy of the 'Contents of box of Museum Specimens for the Pitt Rivers Museum sent to Messers Cox & Kings' [1948.8.6 - .28 and 1948.10.9 - .52]. Handwritten note: 'For customs inspection'. [GI 22/1/2002]

JP Mills retired from India in 1947 so these objects must probably have been collected prior to that date [AP 19/7/2000]

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