Pottery cooking vessel. [MdeA 05/11/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pottery cooking vessel. [MdeA 05/11/2007]
Long description: Pottery cooking vessel. The base is a rounded point and the vessel does not stand upright on its own. From the base the vessel flares out to a circumference of approximately 700 mm after which it tapers in to a circumference of approximately 624 mm. From this point it flares out again to the rim. The widest circumference of the vessel is at the rim and is 715 mm around. The vessel has been blackened both inside and out. [MdeA 05/11/2007]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Morobe Province
Person: Field collector Meredith Sassoon; PRM source Meredith Sassoon
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1985-1990
Date collected: By 1985 - 1990
Acquisition information: Donated: 10/11/2006
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Process Handbuilt
Dimensions: Diameter: max 229 mm rim, Height: max 264 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2007.88.2

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