Pot

Item number 2979/8 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Small blackware pot of human figure with a tri-lobed basket-like object on his back. The pot is wide at bottom, narrowing toward the neck with slightly convex curvature. The mouth is narrow, inside a very large rim that flares into a three-lobed structure. Decoration on the pot includes carved clovers and incised linear designs. The lobes are decorated with incised diamond shapes. Attached to the front of the pot is a crouched human carrying the pot with a tumpline?, with arms raised and to the rear, holding the rim. The figure has a large head and face, with protruding forehead, nose and chin, carved smiling mouth, and carved eyes.