Pot Item Number: C1274 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A large brown clay pot with an egg-like shape and a rounded bottom. There is a wide rim around the top opening. Around the neck, there is a horizontal impressed dot pattern. Around the upper part of the pot, there are double downward pointing triangles incised all around a horizontal upper line below the impressed dot pattern.
Narrative
Collected by Dr. Belshaw during anthropological fieldwork in Fiji, in July 1958.
Item History
- Made in Nakoro, Nadroga-Navosa, Fiji
- Collected during 1958
- Owned by Cyril S. Belshaw before February 1959
- Received from Cyril S. Belshaw (Donor) during February 1959
What
Who
- Culture
- Fijian
- Previous Owner
- Cyril S. Belshaw
- Received from
- Cyril S. Belshaw (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nakoro, Nadroga-Navosa, Fiji
When
- Collection Date
- during 1958
- Ownership Date
- before February 1959
- Acquisition Date
- during February 1959
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 2175/0032