Earthenware Vessel
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: FROM CARD: "GLAZED & ORNAMENTED. ORIG. #1753."
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: Has original Peale # label. Red earthenware water container or drinking vessel, roundish form. At midpoint there is a spout. Area above this is decorated; pot is divided into 5 equal sections by knob-like protrusions. These areas are incised with horizontal feather-like or leaf design. There is a hole at the top for filling the container. There is also a knob at very top where cord is attached. This is twisted vegetal fiber. Sennit braid (4 strands) is in turn tied to this. Pot appears to have been coated with a resinous substance which is now largely worn away.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Oct 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2814-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pot
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 16 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15 cm