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Covered jar, chief's cooking pot (royalty)
Covered jar, chief's cooking pot (royalty)
Object Number 34-11-50/181
Display Title Covered jar, chief's cooking pot (royalty)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic jar with lid, molded human and animal designs, incised designs, broken
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Jar
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Chokwe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms Bailundu
Materials Ceramic, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 29.1 x 22.5 x 20.5 cm (11 7/16 x 8 7/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 34-11-50/181

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