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2003.11.15.2

Red pottery lid. This object is conical in shape with a small perforated handle to one side and with a triangular finial in the centre. There are a series of red lines drawn from the tip of the triangle down to the rim, which is also outlined in red. This lid is associated with 2003.11.15 .1.[MOBB [OPS move] 24/5/2016]

2003.11.15.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Red pottery lid. This object is conical in shape with a small perforated handle to one side and with a triangular finial in the centre. There are a series of red lines drawn from the tip of the triangle down to the rim, which is also outlined in red. This lid is associated with 2003.11.15 .1.[MOBB [OPS move] 24/5/2016]
Long description
Lid to go with large coffee pot made of red unglazed clay. Painted. [RJ 12/3/2003] Description added by [RJ 12/3/2003] - Lid for coffee pot. Conical with an arrow-shaped peak and a ridge with two peaks in it leading to the hinge that attached it to the pot (2003.11.15 .1) The lid slots into a groove on the handle of the pot (2003.11.15 .1) There was once a rod of wood, or something similar, which slotted through two holes in the groove and a hole in the lid to make a hinge. Whatever hinged the lid to the pot (2003.11.15 .1) has been lost now and they are seperate. The lid is decorated with some vertical stripes of red paint.
Geographical reference
Oman
Asia > Western Asia > Oman
Musandam
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Gigi Crocker Jones
PRM source Gigi Crocker Jones
Date / Period
Date made: Before 2003
Date collected
By 2003
Acquisition information
Donated: 2003
Materials and processes
Material Clay, Material Pigment, Process Coiled, Process Painted
Dimensions
Diameter: max 105 mm, Height: max 85 mm, Width: max 123 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2003.11.15.2 Other numbers: Field collector's catalogue number: Ceramic 12
Research and responses

More information on coiling technique - see record 2003.11.8 [RJ 22/1/2003]

Search terms: Vessel, Food and Drink, Pottery, Lid, Coffee Accessory

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