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. # 1741. "
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: Earthenware water container or drinking vessel. Two "melon" or half moon shapes connected by a wide arched band. Vessel resembles a canoe. Upper surfaces of "melons" and band are covered with rows of raised knobs. One "melon" has spout at front; other one has 2 cm. hole at midpoint, for liquid input. Surface of pot has been coated with resin. Has original Peale number label.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2816-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pot
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 17.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 13.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 11.5 cm