Pottery jar

Museum number:
5-6020
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Pottery jar; globular; wide mouth; round base; flaring narrow neck; fire blackened; height 17 cm; diameter 21 cm. Used daily by women for cooking.
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kohleni, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Kenya; Kohleni; Jibane
Culture or time period:
Jibane
Collector:
Ronald J. Clarke
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars and Pottery
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1966
Context of use:
Used daily by women for cooking
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
jar— diameter 21 centimeters and jar— height 17 centimeters
Loans:
S1968-1969 #76: Project EPOCH/David Wayne Peri (February 14, 1969–May 23, 1969)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pottery jar, accession number 5-6020, described as Pottery jar; globular; wide mouth; round base; flaring narrow neck; fire blackened; height 17 cm; diameter 21 cm. Used daily by women for cooking.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pottery jar, accession number 5-6020, described as Pottery jar; globular; wide mouth; round base; flaring narrow neck; fire blackened; height 17 cm; diameter 21 cm. Used daily by women for cooking.

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