Pottery pipe bowl. For the pipe see 1973.14.62 .1. [MOBB [OPS move] 24/10/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pottery pipe bowl. For the pipe see 1973.14.62 .1. [MOBB [OPS move] 24/10/2016]
Long description: Pottery pipe bowl. Black pottery bowl with diagonal rim and slightly bulbous connecting section. Decorated with incised bands and sections of cross hatching rubbed with white pigment or lime. The pipe to which this bowl belongs is [1973.14.62 .1]. [MOBB [OPS move] 24/10/2016]
Geographical reference: Ethiopia
Africa > Eastern Africa > Ethiopia; Sidamo Sodo North West of Lake Abaya
Cultural groups: Wolaytta
Person: Field collector Jean Brown Sassoon; PRM source Jean Brown Sassoon
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1971
Date collected: 1971
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1971
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Lime, Process Bound, Process Incised, Process Decorated
Dimensions: Diameter: max 57 mm, Length: max 80 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1973.14.62.2 Other numbers: W32
Associated publications: The 'W' in Jean Brown's number presumably refers to the 'Walamo.' For full text of Accession Book introduction (from Collections XVII Jean Brown Book III) see entry for 1968.20.1. For full text of introduction to this collection (1973.14) see 1973.14.1. See also 1973.14.61 [OD 16/3/2001].

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