Pot Item Number: K2.292 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Pot made of red clay with rounded base and shoulder and a vertical lip around the mouth. Decorated with an incised semi-circule and linear design around the mouth. Black discolourations as a result of firing.
History Of Use
For storing and cooling water
Narrative
Collected by Dougal MacGregor while he was a teacher at the University of Accra, 1970.
Item History
- Made in Viame, Ghana
- Owned by Dugal Macgregor and Sue Macgregor before April 1970
- Received from Dugal Macgregor (Donor) and Sue Macgregor (Donor) during April 1970
What
- Name
- Pot
- Identification Number
- K2.292
- Type of Item
- pot
- Material
- clay
- Manufacturing Technique
- hand modelled and fired
- Overall
- height 51.0 cm, diameter 52.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Ewe
- Previous Owner
- Dugal Macgregor and Sue Macgregor
- Received from
- Dugal Macgregor (Donor) and Sue Macgregor (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Viame, Ghana
When
- Ownership Date
- before April 1970
- Acquisition Date
- during April 1970
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0166/0001