Accession No
1948.2353 B
Description
Pot of red ware with everted rim, shouldered body and flat base. Decorated above the shoulder with linear markings, incised with pointed stick. Two horizontal bands filled with vertical rows of short lines. Areas blackened by firing. Sections of base missing.
Place
Africa; Central Africa; Rwanda
Period
Source
Guillebaud, Margaret Lindesay Gamul (Mrs) [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1948.2353 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
115mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for 1948.2353 A-B reads: 'A: Ovate pot of red-brown ware, very smooth and burnished. Flat base, (which is blackened in firing) neck, narrower than base, very slightly flaring lip. Band of pattern made with pointed stick round the shoulder, consisting of five marks set in rows between parallel lines. Diameter of mouth 1 5/8".
B: Similar shaped pot, but slightly taller and thinner. Burnishing worn off, and the pot darker in colour, and blackened by firing. Diameter of mouth 1 2/8". Pattern consisting of rows of seven marks set between parallel lines.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register description for 1948.2353 A-B reads: 'Two ovate pots of red brown ware.'
Event Date 1948
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Edge of base broken away and missing.
Event Date 14/11/2001
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Pot of red ware with everted rim, shouldered body and flat base. Decorated above the shoulder with linear markings, incised with pointed stick. Two horizontal bands filled with vertical rows of short lines. Areas blackened by firing. Sections of base missing.
Event Date 1/12/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:300371
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