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1930.78.6

Pottery vessel in the form of a tortoise. Resin coated. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 2/11/2004]

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1930.78.6

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pottery vessel in the form of a tortoise. Resin coated. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 2/11/2004]
Geographical reference
Fiji
Oceania > Melanesia > Fiji
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source James Thomas Hooper
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1930
Date collected
By 1930
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1930
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Material Resin Plant, Process Incised
Dimensions
Diameter: max 220 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1930.78.6
Research and responses

Related Documents File [James Thomas Hooper, Catalogue of Ethnographical Material] - The museum has a photocopy of Hooper's accession and dispersal records, which are bound as two volumes and kept in a separate box file. Items are arranged according to Hooper's own numbering system [RTS 21/11/2003].

Search terms: Vessel, Pottery, Figure, Animal Figure