Pot (Magob)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 19 Jan 2011
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Joshua A. Bell
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Red ceramic pot. Flared rim, flat shoulder, defined edge, then body tapers to a round bottom. Red clay, with splotches of black fire clouds of varying sizes across the surface. Several dotted lines impressed on shoulder. Small white sticker on shoulder with faded red ink reading "[K] 60,00." The outside is smooth and polished, and the inside is rougher.
label: Notes
content: Donor notes: Cost, 60 kina. This ceramic pot was made for sale but similar pots used to be used for cooking. This pot is known as a magob...This pot was made for sale, and has not been used, by Gadpain Sikara of the Maragon clan. She is a cousin to Miranda Rauk who sold Joshua A. Bell another pot.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Mar 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bilbil Village, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bilbil (Madang)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2058627
label: USNM Number
content: E435188-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pot
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 26.5 cm
label: Diameter - Rim
content: 16 cm
label: Maximum Diameter
content: 26 cm
label: Depth
content: 25.5 cm