Bowl

Museum number:
5-17039
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
EC-98 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4787
Description:
Round bottomed ceramic bowl decorated with a broad-armed, red "X" in the interior, and a row of raised dots 1.0cm below the exterior edge. Some areas of the bowl are fire-blackened from firing . Bottom of bowl is round with no base ring. Bowl has a crack from rim to bottom on one side.
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson
Collection place:
Gwembe Valley, Zambia
Collector:
Elizabeth Colson
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
September 9, 2011
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 9 centimeters and diameter 17 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bowl, accession number 5-17039, described as Round bottomed ceramic bowl decorated with a broad-armed, red "X" in the interior, and a row of raised dots 1.0cm below the exterior edge. Some areas of the bowl are fire-blackened from firing . Bottom of bowl is round with no base ring. Bowl has a crack from rim to bottom on one side.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bowl, accession number 5-17039, described as Round bottomed ceramic bowl decorated with a broad-armed, red "X" in the interior, and a row of raised dots 1.0cm below the exterior edge. Some areas of the bowl are fire-blackened from firing . Bottom of bowl is round with no base ring. Bowl has a crack from rim to bottom on one side.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bowl, accession number 5-17039, described as Round bottomed ceramic bowl decorated with a broad-armed, red "X" in the interior, and a row of raised dots 1.0cm below the exterior edge. Some areas of the bowl are fire-blackened from firing . Bottom of bowl is round with no base ring. Bowl has a crack from rim to bottom on one side.

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