Pottery animal figure, made from red ware with blackened surface. [AF [OPS move] 7/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pottery animal figure, made from red ware with blackened surface. [AF [OPS move] 7/8/2017]
Long description: Pottery animal figure, made from red ware with blackened surface. Figure is on four legs, with protruding eyes and ears. It is decorated with curvilinear incisions on the back. Tail has broken off. [AF [OPS move] 7/8/2017]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Yuat River Dimiri area
Person: Field collector G.G. Elworthy; Field collector G. C. Elworthy; PRM source G.G. Elworthy
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1979
Date collected: circa 1954 - 1979
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1979
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Process Fire-Hardened, Process Incised, Process Handbuilt, Process Repaired (local)
Dimensions: Height: max 108 mm, Length: max 255 mm incl. tail, Width: max 165 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1979.18.5

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