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Pitt Rivers Museum

1900.49.4

Red pottery bowl with flared rim decorated with impressed decoration beneath the rim and dots in relief on the body. [SM 9/6/2009]

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1900.49.4

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Collection type
Object
Description
Red pottery bowl with flared rim decorated with impressed decoration beneath the rim and dots in relief on the body. [SM 9/6/2009]
Long description
Red pottery bowl with flared rim decorated with impressed decoration beneath the rim and dots in relief on the body. The base is rounded and has several black marks on it. [SM 9/6/2009]
Geographical reference
Espíritu Santo
Person
Field collector George Charles Frederick
PRM source George Charles Frederick
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1900
Date collected
By 1900
Acquisition information
Donated: 1900
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Process Impressed, Process Fire-Hardened, Process Decorated, Process Burnished, Process Handbuilt
Dimensions
Diameter: max 157 mm, Height: max 126 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1900.49.4
Research and responses

This object was examined by Elizabeth Pascal in June 2009. She noted that the decoration and base shape on this vessel is similar the Wus style. She also noted that vessels made in this region are burnished using a bean called a "snake bean". [SM 18/06/2009]

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