Jar

Museum number:
5-6312
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2222
Description:
Jar; ceramic; black-glazed; open-work scultpure on body with 3 figures, 3 handles; 3 funnel openings on upper body; ring designs on neck; body we incised with hatching; h. 33 cm.
Donor:
Philip Peek and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Ishi-Agu; Igbo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Jar, accession number 5-6312, described as Jar; ceramic; black-glazed; open-work scultpure on body with 3 figures, 3 handles; 3 funnel openings on upper body; ring designs on neck; body we incised with hatching; h. 33 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Jar, accession number 5-6312, described as Jar; ceramic; black-glazed; open-work scultpure on body with 3 figures, 3 handles; 3 funnel openings on upper body; ring designs on neck; body we incised with hatching; h. 33 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Jar, accession number 5-6312, described as Jar; ceramic; black-glazed; open-work scultpure on body with 3 figures, 3 handles; 3 funnel openings on upper body; ring designs on neck; body we incised with hatching; h. 33 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Jar, accession number 5-6312, described as Jar; ceramic; black-glazed; open-work scultpure on body with 3 figures, 3 handles; 3 funnel openings on upper body; ring designs on neck; body we incised with hatching; h. 33 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 5-6312, described as Jar; ceramic; black-glazed; open-work scultpure on body with 3 figures, 3 handles; 3 funnel openings on upper body; ring designs on neck; body we incised with hatching; h. 33 cm.

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