Object Number | 8735P |
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. Bag of miscellaneous sherds. Incised band of chevrons on shoulder. Four have palm leaf stoppers (8735K - 8735N). Hand-made by women. |
Height | 24 cm |
Length | 0 cm |
Outside Diameter | 19 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Rev. Dr. Robert Hamill Nassau, 1891 |
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