Pot with buff-brown exterior and blackened interior (caused by liquids seeping through the pot while cooking). [MOBB [OPS move] 14/03/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pot with buff-brown exterior and blackened interior (caused by liquids seeping through the pot while cooking). [MOBB [OPS move] 14/03/2016]
Long description: Pot with buff-brown exterior and blackened interior (caused by liquids seeping through the pot while cooking). There are two rows of horizontal lines at the neck below which are the two rows of vertical lines. [MOBB [OPS move] 14/03/2016]
Geographical reference: Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru; Northern Peru
Cultural groups: Wampis
Person: Field collector Ronald Hawkesby Thomas; PRM source Ronald Hawkesby Thomas
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1920-1923?, uncertain
Date collected: ?1922
Acquisition information: Donated: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Clay, Material Pottery, Process Incised
Dimensions: Height: max 176 mm, Diameter: max 255 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.88.65
Research and responses: According to Thomas Myers, 1997 (Curator of Anthropology, University of Nebraska State Museum) this is the only collection of Huambisa pottery that he is aware of in any museum worldwide. He thinks these are cooking pots.
The Huambisa are a Jivaroan speaking group and a distinctive feature of their pots is that they normally have a slightly raised platform base.

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