Large Water Jar
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Mar 1966
name: label: Donor Name
content: Harmon Foundation
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Globular body with narrow flat base, constricted neck about 7.5 cm. high and markedly everted, flat rim. Traditional incised design of conventionalized lizards and crocodile in white inlay under dark celadon glaze (design both magical and decorative.) These are separated by vertical panels of straight line incising; parallel incised horizontal lines on neck; blocks of lines on everted portion of rim. Heavily glazed interior (glaze not a traditional feature.)" Maker identified as Ladi Kwali, per Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi, curator for African ethnology.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Abuja, Central, Nigeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gbari
label: Culture
content: Gwarin Yamma
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 265753
label: USNM Number
content: E404340-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Jar