| Object Number | 8735C |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Fang |
| Provenience | Gabon |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Ceramic | Pitch |
| Description | One of five whole (A-E) and five fragmentary (F-J) water jars. Coarse brown ware burnt black on outside with vegetable varnish. Pitch in interior. Globular body with a flat or concave base and a short neck. Incised band of chevrons on shoulder. Four have palm leaf stoppers (8735K - 8735N). Hand-made by women. |
| Height | 19.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 15.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Rev. Dr. Robert Hamill Nassau, 1891 |
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