- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Double necked pottery vessel with rounded base, blackened in places. Used for ritual purposes. [ASh [OPS move] 29/01/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Nyamwezi
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1971
- Date collected
- 1968 - 1971
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1971
- Materials and processes
- Material Pottery, Process Fire-Hardened, Process Moulded, Process Dried
- Dimensions
- Height: max 170 mm, Diameter: max 145 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1971.34.111
Search terms: Vessel, Pottery, Religion, Ritual and Ceremonial, Religious Object
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