Fragments Of Earthen Vessel
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1893
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William L. Abbott
notes: label: Notes
content: Probably a wrong number. This is a black ceramic vessel, broken and partially reconstructed. It has a narrow neck, and a round body, with the bottom broken off. It is not marked with a catalog number, or any other identifying marks, but an old tag found with it says "water-pipe. Usual Kashmiri pattern of earthenware. Srinagar [? possibly -- this last word is difficult to read]". There is another reconstructed pot from India in archaeology, A155270. It is marked with the number (several times) and "Abbott India". The ledger book and accession history seem to indicate that there should be only one catalog number 155270, and the one in archaeology (A155270) seems to be the one referenced there. Perhaps the earthenware water pipe was found in the ethnology collection without a number, and was (erroneously) matched to catalog number 155270 because it had a similar description? Since the original number is unknown, it will keep this number (E155270) until more information can be found.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: India, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Indian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 026251
label: USNM Number
content: E155270-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel