1884.35.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Black-topped, red ware, globular cooking pot with in-sloping surface. [ASh [OPS move] 13/04/2016]

Long description

Black-topped, red ware, globular cooking pot with in-sloping surface. Red painted stripes running vertically down the body only. The base is rounded off. [ASh [OPS move] 13/04/2016]

Geographical reference

Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)

Asia > Southern Asia > Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)

Nicobar Islands, Chowra

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Edward Horace Man

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Date made: Possibly before 1878

Date collected

?Prior to 1878

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Handbuilt, Process Painted

Dimensions

Height: max 166 mm, Diameter: max 201 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.35.1 PR no.: [? 95/ 11935]

Associated publications

JAI 1878: 466 'These are cooking pots as made by the natives of the Island of Chowra (or Tshaura) who barter them for boats etc at the other islands. Each pot has a distinctive name indicating its size and capacity. In sections Pl XV they are represented upside down' [Taken from the 'List of Andamanese and Nicobarese implements ornaments etc presented to Major General Lane Fox by EH Man esq and thus described by Mr Man 18th September 1877'] Indian Antiquary, Feb. 1895, 'Catalogue of Nicobarese objects', p. 111 '104 (f) Hanshoi (Chowra Kariang Car Nicobar Tâniyaya) Generic name for the various cooking pots which are made entirely at Chowra and by the women only [further details available on pages 111 on]' [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Pottery, Food and Drink, Vessel, Cooking Vessel, Food Accessory