Ritual Pot
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Apr 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1960's
name: label: Collector
content: Philip Abrams
label: Donor Name
content: Philip Abrams
notes: label: Notes
content: BROWNISH-RED CERAMIC POT WITH LID, MADE TO RESEMBLE A FEMALE FIGURE. ROUNDED BASE OF POT WITH GEOMETRICAL DESIGNS AND PROTRUDING BREASTS. UPPER NECK OF POT IS FACE, ALSO WITH DESIGNS; LID FITS ONTO WIDE LIP ABOVE EYES AND EARS. SECTION BROKEN OFF AND MISSING ABOVE LEFT EYE. CARD FOUND INSIDE POT IS MOSTLY CROSSED OUT EXCEPT FOR VERY TOP, WHICH SAYS "350 YEARS OLD." THE COLLECTOR IDENTIFIES IT AS A YORUBA RITUAL POT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nigeria / West Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yoruba
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370726
label: USNM Number
content: E425137-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pot
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 31 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 25 cm