FMNH 221683.nosub[1]

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    Scanner: Grace Apfeld : 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] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 21-3 | Provenience: Northern Nigeria: Ushapa in Abuja Emirate (bought at the market of Bwari) | People or Culture: Gbari | Object: water pot | Material: clay | Description: similar to 221682: horizontal bands of ornament connected by vertical bands filled with horizontal layers of herring-bone ornament incised; these are bordered by scored lines. | Dimensions: (in cm.) Height: 40.6; diam.: 36.0. | Collection: Presented by Mrs. Phyllis Stevens November 25, 1968. [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 221683 | Field No. | Neg. No. A19 | Acc. 3052 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH]
Catalog Number: 221683.nosub[1]
Description: pot
Materials: clay (ceramic)
Cultural Attribution: Gbari
Accession Number: [3052] P. Stevens (Gift)
Accession Year:
Other Numbers: T2013.0026.000025
Collector/Source: Phyllis Stevens, Phyllis Stevens
EMu IRN: 1386372
GUID: 6a191093-4366-4d9c-85ed-a55e902c126d

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