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1884.62.8

Pottery vase with figure-of-8 ears (handles), nose and mouth pinched up. [ASh [OPS move] 30/03/2016]

1884.62.8

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pottery vase with figure-of-8 ears (handles), nose and mouth pinched up. [ASh [OPS move] 30/03/2016]
Long description
Pottery vase with figure-of-8 ears (handles), nose and mouth pinched up. The base is flat and the neck is flared with a wide mouth. Burnished exterior. [ASh [OPS move] 30/03/2016]
Date / Period
Date made: Possibly before 1878
Date collected
By 1878 Jan 21
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Process Burnished, Process Moulded
Dimensions
Height: max 232 mm, Width: max 156 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.62.8 Other numbers: 6 PR Cat other PR nos: 3574
Research and responses

"Old Development Series' appears to relate to displays in the Anthropological Institute, from which Pitt-Rivers bought objects in 1881 (see 1884.62.10 and 1884.62.13). I have updated the 'Other Owners' accordingly [Dan Hicks 20/09/2012]

Associated publications
Referred to on page 366 of 'South America', by Bill Sillar and Dan Hicks, in World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: A Characterization, edited by Dan Hicks and Alice Stevenson (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2013), pp. 358-382. Sillar and Hicks write: ‘... and 3 ceramics from unrecorded locations within Ecuador (1884.62.5, 1884.62.8–9).’. [MJD (Verve) 7/1/2016]

Search terms: Vessel, Figure, Pottery

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