Shell vessel painted on inside, rows of white vertical lines divided by bands of white horizontal lines. [ZM 10/01/2006]

Collection type: Object
Description: Shell vessel painted on inside, rows of white vertical lines divided by bands of white horizontal lines. [ZM 10/01/2006]
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 Shell, Material Pigment, Process Painted
Dimensions: Length: max 220 mm, Width: max 160 mm, Height: max 40 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.61.8 Other numbers: 26 PR Cat other PR nos: 26
Associated publications: JAI, 1878: 459 'Pinna shells (Chîdî-da) used for eating plates and for holding clay (v no 55) for ornamenting the person Pl XIII' [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]

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