- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Small clay pot. The pot is undecorated and has a flat bottom, rounded body and a small rim slightly larger than the neck.
- Geographical reference
- Amazonia Upper Mazaruni
- Cultural groups
- Akawaio
- Date / Period
- Date made: Circa 1949-1955
- Date collected
- circa 1949 - 1955
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1994
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 80 mm, Height: max 75 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1994.10.20
- Research and responses
According to Audrey Colson this pot is not the normal style or clay type for the Akawaio and may have derived from the mixed population of the Bartica area where Father Rooney had his base, or he could have encountered in along another River.
1994.10.20
Small clay pot. The pot is undecorated and has a flat bottom, rounded body and a small rim slightly larger than the neck.
On display
1994.10.20
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