Glazed Ceramic Casserole Dish W/ Lid
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Nov 1998
label: Collection Date
content: 1968 to 1970
name: label: Collector
content: Janet Stanley
label: Donor Name
content: Janet Stanley
notes: label: Notes
content: ROUND CERAMIC DISH IS GLAZED A PALE BLUE-GREEN W/ BROWN HIGHLIGHTS. DISH HAS ROUND, BULGING BODY W/ SMALLER NECK. HAS 2 ROUND LUG HANDLES NEAR LIP. BELOW THE LUGS IS A RING OF DECORATION OF RAISED SCALLOPS IN BROWN. ABOVE THE SCALLOPS IS A RING OF MEDALLION-IMPRESSIONS, ALSO IN BROWN. LID FITS SNUGLY W/ A RAISED LIP & A RAISED ROUND KNOB FOR HANDLE. UNDERSIDE OF LID SHOWS KNOB HANDLE IS HOLLOW. ON TOP SIDE OF LID, THERE'S A LONG CRACK THAT BEGINS NEAR THE LIP & CURVES HALF-WAY AROUND THE KNOB HANDLE. PART OF CRACK GOES THROUGH THE LID & IS VISIBLE FROM UNDERSIDE. CASSEROLE DISH WAS PURCHASED FROM SHOP OF THE ABUJA POTTERY TRAINING CENTER, FOUNDED IN 1952. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS POTTERY CENTER, SEE ACCESSION FILE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Abuja, Nigeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420719
label: USNM Number
content: E428464-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dish
physicalDescription: label: Height - W/lid
content: 17.5 cm