Pot Item Number: 3522/23 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Black clay pot for palm wine. Pot has a braided plant fibre handle; secured with a tie around the neck. Lip flares out slightly before extending into a straight neck. The body bulges outward before tapering into a raised foot. Neck, upper body and lower body are decorated with bands consisting of incised lines with raised rectangles throughout. Wide band wraps around body and is made up of triangles with ovals at the centres; negative space is filled with incised lines with raised rectangles throughout. Foot has an incised wavy line, bordered with imprinted squares, along the bottom edge; base is undecorated.

Narrative

The donor taught in a rural school in Tobli, eastern Liberia, from 1965 to 1967.