Pot

87-8-23

From: Sulawesi

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 87-8-23
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tobaku
Provenience Sulawesi
Section Oceanian
Materials Clay
Description

Fired clay pot (kura). For cooking. Made with a wooden paddle and round stone anvil. Formerly bark strips (as well as food) were cooked in such clay pots. Round, light yellowish-brown pot with pattern of triangles stamped on surface with wooden paddle. Broken in shipping.

Height 11.5 cm
Outside Diameter 18 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lorraine V. Aragon, 1987
Other Number 76 - Other Number

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