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1910.1.65

Black-ware pottery bowl with a flat base, flaring sides and a wide mouth. [ASh [OPS move] 07/03/2016]


1910.1.65

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Collection type
Object
Description
Black-ware pottery bowl with a flat base, flaring sides and a wide mouth. [ASh [OPS move] 07/03/2016]
Long description
Black-ware pottery bowl with a flat base, flaring sides and a wide mouth. The rim has a step cornice decoration. Crosshatch decoration on the shoulder with alternating triangles, incised crescents and diagonal lines. Within each are differing patterns that include punch marks. The body is burnished and plain. Wide plaited cord tassle that is looped through two perforations in the rim. Thin wide wooden projection attached to the plait. [ASh [OPS move] 07/03/2016]
Cultural groups
Kuba
Ngongo
Person
Field collector Emil Torday
PRM source Emil Torday
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1909
Date collected
1907 - 1909
Acquisition information
Donated: 1910
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Material Plant Fibre, Material Wood Plant, Process Decorated, Process Burnished, Process Incised, Process Woven
Dimensions
Height: max 90 mm, Diameter: max 175 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1910.1.65

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