Pottery

Tripod Pot

72-1-5

From: Cameroon | Be

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 72-1-5
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Fulani
Provenience Cameroon | Be
Date Made ca. 1940
Section African
Materials Ceramic
Description

Made about 30 years ago; type no longer made. Three conical legs with round cross section. Band of cord braid roulette at center. Body with single incised line borders. Single incised line semi-circles within band. Surmounted by band of three line incised semi-circles. Exterior, and interior of lip burnished.

Height 35.5 cm
Outside Diameter 19 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Cameroon Government; Cameroon Archaeological Reconnaisance; Frank Bartell and Nicholas C. David, 1972

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