Water Vessel Of Pottery
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: "LARGEST IN COLLECTION. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K.P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41)."
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: Low-fire red clay. Bottom of pot is large rounded bowl form. At a point above the widest portion of vessel, sides slope up at an angle to a narrow neck. The neck is knob-like in shape, with 4 deep horizontal grooves circling it. A spout protrudes from the edge where top and bottom meet. Top is decorated with incised and raised designs. Small knobs circle edge where top and bottom meet. Above that, several rows of horizontal raised and incised design are followed by vertical areas of incised (and gouged out) design. Pot is covered with resinous material. 5 of the knobs have broken off completely; many others are chipped. Resin coating has largely worn off. There are two small chips on the neck of the vessel. One side of the neck of the pot is worn, as though it had lain on that side.
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3147-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pot
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 31 cm
label: Circumference - Object
content: 95 cm