Red and black pottery vessel with a round bowl decorated with a raised pattern of beaded lines. Conical stand, which is hollow but with a closed bottom, decorated with a cross band pattern with hollowed out lozenge shaped designs. Chips around the foot. [ASh [OPS move] 18/02/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Red and black pottery vessel with a round bowl decorated with a raised pattern of beaded lines. Conical stand, which is hollow but with a closed bottom, decorated with a cross band pattern with hollowed out lozenge shaped designs. Chips around the foot. [ASh [OPS move] 18/02/2016]
Geographical reference: Cameroon
Africa > Central Africa > Cameroon; Bamenda
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1942
Date collected: By 1942
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Pottery
Dimensions: Diameter: max 179 mm, Height: max 177 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.66 Other numbers: 400

Search terms: Vessel, Pottery

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