Black ware ceramic sherd, moulded with a step design. [ASh [OPS move] 23/03/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Black ware ceramic sherd, moulded with a step design. [ASh [OPS move] 23/03/2016]
Long description: Fragment of ancient pottery.
Geographical reference: Paraguay
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Paraguay; Paraguayan Chaco
Person: Field collector Andrew Pride; Field collector South American Missionary Society; PRM source Andrew Pride
Date
Date collected: By 1903
Acquisition information: Donated: 1903
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Process Moulded
Dimensions: Width: max 54 mm, Length: max 56 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1903.20.9
Research and responses: According to the Encyclopedia Britannica Online, the area known as Gran Chaco is found in Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia. [CW 5/1/2000]
The 'Gran Chaco' referred to in the accession entry is probably in Paraguay. This assumption is based on the RDF 'Indian Curios from Paraguay' and the accession book entry for the previous accession, 1903.19, which was also donated by Andrew Pride. It states 'List and description of articles from the Lengua tribe of Indians living in El Gran Chaco del Paraguay. S.A. Collector A. Pride South American Miss[ion] Soc[iet]y.' [CMP 04/08/2010]