Description (Physical description)
Globular earthenware pot with glazed plumbago surface. A narrow rim surrounds the top. On the inside lines radiate from the centre of the base. Used as a milk pot.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (References)
cf. John Roscoe (1911) The Baganda; an account of their native customs and beliefs, Fig.68, p.400.

Event Date 1911
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'The Proper Study of Mankind: Great Anthropological Collections in Cambridge' (known at MAA as the 'Centenary Exhibition') at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 12 March - 06 May 1984.
Event Date 12/3/1984
Author: Annie Tomkins

Description (Physical description)
A milk pot, globular in shape with a narrow, everted rim and rounded base. The outer body of the vessel has a reflective, dark grey glaze; likely derived from graphite. On the inside vertical lines radiate from the centre of the base.
Event Date 29/11/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Roscoe Collection catalogued in 1920 was given numbers 1920.1 - 1920.480. These are not Accession Register numbers, and conflict with numbers allocated to other artefacts accessioned in 1920. They do not appear under any other number in any Accession Register and the only documentation for them is their catalogue cards. In 2001 they were given the temporary suffix ‘/Roscoe’ to distinguish them. This has now been replaced with the prefix ‘ROS’.
Event Date 29/11/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins