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Object Number 49-14-50/8296
Display Title Pottery cooking vessel. Mkali
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Mkali
Inventory Description Ceramic pot, rounded base, incised band just below rim, burnt exterior
Classification
  • Pot
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yao
  • Lambia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Mtimbuka; Fort Johnston, near
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 21.8 x 26.8 x 27 cm (8 9/16 x 10 9/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-14-50/8296

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