Pottery pillar lamp of red ware painted with bands of yellow and white. [MOBB [OPS move] 6/12/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pottery pillar lamp of red ware painted with bands of yellow and white. [MOBB [OPS move] 6/12/2016]
Long description: Pottery pillar lamp of red ware painted with bands of yellow and white and the incised decorations are also white. Expanded circular foot with cylindrical pillar and expanded circular saucer lamp. The pillar is wider towards the middle where three expanded ridges, two red and one yellow, are located. The rest of the pillar is decorated with incised channels with a rounded ridge at either end. [MOBB [OPS move] 6/12/2016]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Lagos
Person: Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1899
Date collected: By 1899
Acquisition information: Donated: 1932
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Decorated, Process Incised, Process Painted, Process Thrown, Process Coiled Handbuilt
Dimensions: Diameter: max 136 mm, Height: max 332 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1932.88.316 Other numbers: RV 5 [R V 5] 8659

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