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Object Number 67-24-70/697
Display Title Earthen pot
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic vessel, rounded bottom, ovoid-shaped, incised detail throughout top half. Approximately 1.3 cm opening at top next to handle. Round spout, repaired. Reddish-brown glaze with notes of green throughout.
Classification
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 112 × 180 × 97 mm (4 7/16 × 7 1/16 × 3 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 67-24-70/697; Ex Ex. 3155 Fiji Is
Provenance
Collector Capt. Magruder (1838-1842)
Collector Capt. Charles Wilkes
Collector U.S. Exploring Expedition
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1867)

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