Pirune onate, porcelain sherd.

Collection type: Object
Description: Pirune onate, porcelain sherd.
Long description: Pirune onate, porcelain sherd, originally part of a bowl together with 2024.20.116-119. Probably Chinese. Monne (sacred) porcelain, used in ritual and exchange at marriage as a clan valuable. The sherd has a blue-grey glaze and blue decorative lines on its exterior. The interior is plain with a central character, probably Chinese, in blue.
Geographical reference: Indonesia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Indonesia; China (Manufactured)
Asia > Eastern Asia > China (Manufactured)
Cultural groups: Nuaulu
Person: PRM source Roy Ellen; Field collector Roy Ellen
Date / Period: Date made: Before 01/05/1970
Date collected: 01/05/1970
Acquisition information: Donated: 14 August 2024
Materials and processes: Material Porcelain Pottery, Process Moulded, Process Fire-Hardened, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Printed, Process Glazed
Dimensions: Diameter 75 mm Base, Width 100 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2024.20.115 Other numbers: 1970.92
Research and responses: Monne (sacred) porcelain; original constituted clan sacred valuables used in ritual and exchange at marriage; see 'Ellen, Nuaulu Religious Practices, pp. 51-2'.

Search terms: Vessel, Pottery, Bowl

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