FMNH 222626.nosub[1]

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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History - Ethnology | 22-20 | Provenience: Africa: Camerooon, Village of Ngoumou | People or Culture: Makaa | Object: Pot | Material: Clay | Description: Spherical. Dark brown. Rough texture. Outflaring rim. Chipped. Neck plain. Flaking interior. Decorated shoulder to bottom: horizontal combed band, followed by 2 bands of alternating right triangles (1 with right angle in lower right; 1 with angle in upper left...forms a rectangle which is bisected from lower left-hand corner to upper right hand corner) followed by pattern-impressed lower/bottom zones. Interior texture irregular and pocked. Slight luster under rim lip. See field Notes for addtl. info. | Dimensions: (in cm.) H: 21.2; Diam.: 27.1 | Collection: Purchased from Peter Oliphant, 11/15/1973. Collector: Peter Oliphant, 1970. [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 222626 | Field No. 131 | Neg. No. | Acc. 3273 [BACK] 222626 | [ILLUSTRATION] [ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] 27.1 [diam.] 21.2 [height]
Catalog Number: 222626.nosub[1]
Description: vessel
Materials: clay (ceramic)
Cultural Attribution: Makaa
Accession Number: [3273] P. Oliphant (Purchase)
Accession Year:
City/Town: Ngoumou Village
Collector/Source: Peter Oliphant, Peter Oliphant
EMu IRN: 1128762
GUID: cfb4c77a-8099-40a2-9078-624a99f0a30c

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