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Ashes of the pottery tree
Ashes of the pottery tree
Object Number 67-1-30/39299
Display Title Ashes of the pottery tree
Descriptions
Inventory Description Charred wood and ash sealed in glass jar with cotton stopper.
Classification
  • Charcoal
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Guyana
Materials Wood, Glass, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 13 x 4.1 x 4.1 cm (5 1/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jeffries Wyman (1857)
Donor Dr. Jeffries Wyman (1866-1867)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Image Not Available for Ashes of the "pottery tree"
67-1-30/21 Ashes of the "pottery tree"
Suriname
Dutch Guiana
Groups: People sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire; showing ant hill, N!ai and /Gunda's wedding skerm, and a tree in a dance circle in the background
2001.29.1859 Groups: People sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire; showing ant hill, N!ai and /Gunda's wedding skerm, and a tree in a dance circle in the background
Gautscha
Groups, Extended Family: Three people sitting by the ashes of a fire underneath a tree, with "Gao /Helmet's" skerms in the background
2001.29.3039 Groups, Extended Family: Three people sitting by the ashes of a fire underneath a tree, with "Gao /Helmet's" skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Ashes of fire and things hung from a tree
2001.29.5013 Ashes of fire and things hung from a tree
Gautscha
Soft coal and ashes.
84-6-10/35136 Soft coal and ashes.
Charred Floral Remain
Durham Mound; Ohio State Site #33HA 26
Charcoal and ashes.
84-6-10/35135 Charcoal and ashes.
Charred Floral Remain
Durham Mound; Ohio State Site #33HA 26
Image Not Available for Ashes and shells
84-73-10/37290 Ashes and shells
Shell heap
Food, Meat: "Old Gau" sitting beside the ashes of his fire, with /Gishay sitting next to him, strips of meat hanging on a tree branch in the background
2001.29.1707 Food, Meat: "Old Gau" sitting beside the ashes of his fire, with /Gishay sitting next to him, strips of meat hanging on a tree branch in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Ashes, sand and shell
01-33-10/61775 Ashes, sand and shell
Ash
Oliver Site; Mississippi State Site #22Co503; LMS 16-N-6
Burnt shells and ashes
01-33-10/61774 Burnt shells and ashes
Ash
Oliver Site; Mississippi State Site #22Co503; LMS 16-N-6
Ashes
01-33-10/61769 Ashes
Ash
Oliver Site; Mississippi State Site #22Co503; LMS 16-N-6
Image Not Available for Ashes from vase
07-72-20/C4045 Ashes from vase
Yucatan