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Object Number
49-14-50/8204
Display Title
Large pottery vessel. Insonta
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Insonta
Inventory Description
Ceramic jar, bulbous neck, polished black w/ incised brown bands, corrugated ri
Classification
- Jar
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Lambia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms
Chinunka; Misuku Mountains, at the foot of the
Materials
Ceramic, Leaf
Dimensions
Overall: 27.5 x 28 x 25 cm (10 13/16 x 11 x 9 13/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
49-14-50/8204
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Arthur K. Loveridge
(1948-01/1949)
Seller
Dr. Arthur K. Loveridge
(1949)
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