FMNH 194192.nosub[1]

  • 194192: Clay pot
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    Description: Clay pot
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    Scanner: Aidan Hercules : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History - Ethnology | 22-20 | Provenience: Nigeria | People or Culture: Yoruba | Object: Pot | Material: Clay | Description: A very odd pot. Constructed like a large dye vat with a round bottom and a wide mouth. Rouletted and incised in geometric designs. Said to be for dying cloth. A natural orange color. Has a large hole in one side- cut there on purpose. | Dimensions: (in cm.) h 49 1/2 cm. w 46 1/2 cm | Collection: Purchased from Mrs. Maude Wahlman February 17, 1971 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 194192 | Field No. 68 | Neg. No. 595.3A | Acc. 3144 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH]
Catalog Number: 194192.nosub[1]
Description: pot
Materials: clay (ceramic)
Cultural Attribution: Yoruba
Accession Number: [3144] M. S. Wahlman (Purchase)
Accession Year:
Other Numbers: 68, R0595.03A
City/Town: Iseyin
Collector/Source: Maude S. Wahlman, Maude S. Wahlman
EMu IRN: 1098113
GUID: d49ae05e-7bcf-4363-9e1e-25e86cd3a04b

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