Mountain Olla Item Number: 2830/2 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Large, round ceramic olla. The pot has a wide mouth with a decorative, unevenly jagged rim, and a sloped and rounded shoulder that narrows to a small flat base. The shoulder is textured with shallow indentations in the clay. The pot is low fired, with a burnished and shiny exterior surface and uneven colouring that ranges from black to light brown to silvery-white. The interior is smooth and somewhat rough in texture, coloured in dark brown, light brown and white.