Clay ball

Museum number:
5-1512
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001512
Accession number:
Acc.1298
Description:
Medicine pot. Decorated with cord markings. Note differences of designs. One side of pot design triangular, other side half ovals.
Donor:
Charles Gordon
Collection place:
Gbarnga, Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa: Liberia. Ganta Tribe Kpelle (?)
Culture or time period:
Kpelle
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Balls (object genres)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1959
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Clay ball, accession number 5-1512, described as Medicine pot. Decorated with cord markings. Note differences of designs. One side of pot design triangular, other side half ovals.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Clay ball, accession number 5-1512, described as Medicine pot. Decorated with cord markings. Note differences of designs. One side of pot design triangular, other side half ovals.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Clay ball, accession number 5-1512, described as Medicine pot. Decorated with cord markings. Note differences of designs. One side of pot design triangular, other side half ovals.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clay ball, accession number 5-1512, described as Medicine pot. Decorated with cord markings. Note differences of designs. One side of pot design triangular, other side half ovals.

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