religious/ritual vessel
- Museum number
- Af1951,25.1.a-b
- Description
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Pottery vessel (a) painted in red, white and black, with incised decoration on shoulder. Micaceous slip. Applied figures of birds on stands round the body, with two cup-like objects, one each side. Separate pottery lid (b) with upright handle.
- Dimensions
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Height: 53 centimetres (a+b)
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Height: 45 centimetres (a)
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Height: 13 centimetres (b)
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Width: 40 centimetres (a)
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Width: 22.50 centimetres (b)
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Depth: 45 centimetres (a)
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Depth: 22.50 centimetres (b)
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2017-2018 2 Nov-8 Apr, BM Gallery 35, Living with gods
- Acquisition date
- 1951
- Acquisition notes
- Register 1951:
By exchange for unwanted duplicate specimens.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1951,25.1.a-b
