Pot

31-34-393

From: Fiji Islands | Viti Levu | Namuamua

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Native Name Kuru Levu
Object Number 31-34-393
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Fiji Islands | Viti Levu | Namuamua
Section Oceanian
Materials Clay
Description

Blackened pottery. Rounded base; body is oval in section and has nearly straight sides; short wide neck flaring to rim.

Secured at village of Namuamua, May 1931. Said to have been made at Nandronga [extreme western end of Viti Levu], about 60 miles west of Navua. Said to have been made at least before 1900.

Height 52.5 cm
Outside Diameter 18.8 cm
Credit Line Australian Expedition, Daniel Sutherland Davidson, 1931

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