Cooking pot

Museum number:
5-14250
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3650
Object count:
1
Description:
Cooking pot. "K'htai". Ceramic, sand temper (?). Broken and restored with a few pieces missing, blackened by fire. Coarse wear; round body with everted rim. Diameter 19 centimeters. Used by women for cooking vegetables.
Donor:
Jean Colvin and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Guwangw, Mbulu District, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanzania; Mbulu district; Guwangw village; Iraqw
Culture or time period:
Iraqw People
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cooking pots
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
August 1982
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cooking pot, accession number 5-14250, described as Cooking pot. "K'htai". Ceramic, sand temper (?). Broken and restored with a few pieces missing, blackened by fire. Coarse wear; round body with everted rim. Diameter 19 centimeters. Used by women for cooking vegetables.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking pot, accession number 5-14250, described as Cooking pot. "K'htai". Ceramic, sand temper (?). Broken and restored with a few pieces missing, blackened by fire. Coarse wear; round body with everted rim. Diameter 19 centimeters. Used by women for cooking vegetables.

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