1884.35.7

Collection type

Object

Description

Round bottomed base of a cooking pot, half filled with red wax. [MJD 30/04/2013]

Long description

Round bottomed base of a cooking pot, half filled with red wax. The surfaces of the pot have incised combed lines. The inside of the pot is stained white, possibly wax residue. The rim is broken. [MJD 30/04/2013]

Geographical reference

Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)

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

Andaman Islands

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 Wax, Process Handbuilt, Process Fire-Hardened

Dimensions

Diameter: max 160 mm, Height: max 75 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.35.7 PR Cat other PR nos: 3724

Associated publications

JAI, 1878: 460 'Kângatâ-bûj-da is a hard reddish wax composed of the substances notes below. When required for use, the pot in which it is kept is placed on the fire. As soon as the wax is melted it is applied as may be required. It is used on the string fastenings of fish and pig arrows (v tickets 5 and 6) on the Kôwaia (v no 24) on the Dâkar, both inside and out (v no 14) on the Pûkûta-yât-makngqa (v no 16) on the Èr-dûtnga (v no 12) and the Ôda-da (v No 20) Pl XII. Substances: Rîm-da v ticket no 47, Âja-pid-da v ticket no 48 and Ûpla-da v ticket no 49 If of these Ûpla-da is not ready to hand 'Koi-ob (v No 52) is used instead' [Taken from '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' [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

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