FMNH 259735.A

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    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 | 22-46 | Provenience: Africa, Nigeria, Oka near Benin City | People or Culture: Edo (Bini) | Object: ROLLER and Clay IMPRESSION | Material: Clay, palm fiber | Description: (B) Twined palm fiber roller knotted at one end. (A) Nearly rectangular piece of clay with impressions made by palm fiber roller knotted at one end. (Cf. Collection Notes in Acc. file.) | Dimensions: (in cm.) (B) Roller: L. 11.6; W. 1.0 (A) Impression: L. 10.5; W. 8.8; D. 1.6 | Collection: Gift of Dr. Philip J.C. Dark, 3/30/83. Collected 1959. [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 259735 A-B | Field No. D14 | Neg. No. | Acc. 3572
Catalog Number: 259735.A
Description: impression
Materials: clay (ceramic)
Cultural Attribution: Edo
Locality: Africa, Nigeria, Edo, Oka, near Benin City: Oka, near Benin City
Accession Number: [3572] P. J. C. Dark (Gift)
Accession Year: 1983
Other Numbers: 72, 178 c
Country: Nigeria
Province/State: Edo
Collector/Source: Philip J. C. Dark, Philip J. C. Dark
EMu IRN: 1395718
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