Pottery
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue describes #s 1739 - 1758 as "Water jars, and other articles of earthenware of Fiji manufacture. Those with spouts are used in drinking - but are never allowed to touch the lips."
label: Notes
content: Pottery vessel of ovaloid shape with rimmed short neck and small circular mouth. The bottom is round. The surface colors range from red, burnt orange, brown, yellow to dark gray. The surface is coated with an uneven resinous layer. Vessel had been broken into 21 sherds and was reconstructed by a conservator in 1984.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3145-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pot
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 31.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 88 cm