Accession No

ROS 1920.159


Description

A milk pot with a narrow, everted rim, a tapering neck, globular body and rounded base. The outer body of the vessel has a reflective, dark grey glaze; likely derived from graphite. Decorated at the base of the neck with a raised band marked with intersecting lines in a chevron style pattern. The base is decorated with a circle filled with linear and zigzag patterns.


Place

Africa; East Africa; Uganda; ?Bunyoro


Period


Source

Roscoe, John (Reverend) [field collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

ROS 1920.159


Cultural Affliation

Nyoro [Banyoro]


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

125mm x 140mm x 120mm


Events

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
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Globular earthenware pot with plumbago glazed surface. Stands on a rough base surface. Short neck tapers slightly. A narrow rim surrounds the top of the neck. Around the base of the neck is a circular ring. Used as a milk pot.
Event Date
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 with a narrow, everted rim, a tapering neck, globular body and rounded base. The outer body of the vessel has a reflective, dark grey glaze; likely derived from graphite. Decorated at the base of the neck with a raised band marked with intersecting lines in a chevron style pattern. The base is decorated with a circle filled with linear and zigzag patterns.
Event Date 29/11/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins


Conservation (Assessment Only)
CON.2024.5896 | Assessment Only
Event Date 12/3/2024
Author: Stephanie De Roemer


Loan (Long Term Gallery Loan)
The Uganda Museum, 10/06/2024 to 10/6/2027, Repositioning the Uganda Museum
Event Date 10/6/2024
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu


FM:121005

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