Pottery "Weight" or Toy
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Aug 2002
label: Collection Date
content: 1969 to 1970
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
notes: label: Notes
content: Round piece of pottery, hollow with rattling pieces inside. One side is brown clay, incised with little circles and a sunburst. The other side is darker (burned?) with no design. Donor says it was collected from the same set of ruins as E431560 (ruins of a Djennenke house which collapsed while she was there in 1969-1970). She says "when I asked about it, I was given two different stories. [First, that] it was used to weigh down the kunta arkila 'mosquito nets'; [and second, that it was] a child's toy. conceivably, it might be considering the designs on top (which no one could explain to me) and how easily it spins"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Djenne, Mali, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2023032
label: USNM Number
content: E431561-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Weight
physicalDescription: label: Diameter
content: 13.5 cm
label: Height
content: 10 cm