- 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]
- 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]
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]
On display
1900.49.4
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