Modern pottery bowl of redware, glazed blue on the exterior and grey on the interior. This object has a lid 1994.14.50 .2. [MOBB [OPS move] 25/02/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Modern pottery bowl of redware, glazed blue on the exterior and grey on the interior. This object has a lid 1994.14.50 .2. [MOBB [OPS move] 25/02/2016]
Long description: There are two small handles on either side of the bowl. The bowl and lid have been glazed with a blue speckled glaze on the outside and with a white glaze on the inside.'Okigwi. Nigeria' has been written in the clay on the base of the bowl whilst damp and then glazed over. [MOBB [OPS move] 25/02/2016]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Southern Nigeria Imo State Okigwi
Person: Field collector J.D. Beckwith; PRM source J.D. Beckwith
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1960
Date collected: 1960 - 1962
Acquisition information: Donated: 02/1994
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Process Glazed, Process Incised
Dimensions: Height: max 95 mm total, Height: max 54 mm, Width: max 204 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1994.14.50.1

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