Object Number | 8735I |
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. Shoulder and neck fragment with a globular body a short neck. Incised band of chevrons on shoulder. Four have palm leaf stoppers (8735K - 8735N). Hand-made by women. |
Height | 9.2 cm |
Length | 0 cm |
Width | 14 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Rev. Dr. Robert Hamill Nassau, 1891 |
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