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Polished black bird-shaped ceramic dish with matte feather design on wings. Centre of back is concave; two holes for eyes. Molded, and baked in smothered fire.
Handled bowl with red and black repeating designs around rim and black asterisks along handle; cream slip.
Two bulbous bowls attached by a connecting tube and handle. Designs are geometric around rims and on handle.
Spherical jug with straight neck; handle attached to top of body. Black geometrical design (oblique hatching) on white.
Cast silver guard, rectangular in shape with a flaring, cylindrical shaped base and small, sharp pieces of metal along the outer edge. The inner, cut out ketoh design with a central cross and four curved lines extending from the middle to the inner corners.
Bulbous centre; narrows at neck; slightly overhanging lip. Polychrome (black and orange) on cream slip. Colours: black, orange. Chip on rim.
Black and orange-brown floral design on tan-coloured slip with a large flower on each side below the handle and leaves on the ends. Handle at centre is black, and the edges of the bowl scoop down from handle, then back up on each end like spouts with a border of two black lines. Inside is painted orange-brown. Flat bottom.
Polychrome jar, brown-black design with red-brown detail on white (now smudged). Rim band extends 2.5 cm inside jar, 3 mm to the outside. Second thin line just below the first, with a 5 mm break at one point. Neck decoration is abstract curvilinear and geometric (repeated once). Details include brown-black crosshatching and red-brown horizontal stripes. Body and neck are separated by 2 bands with a 4 mm break. Body design includes deer in domed, decorated sections. Floral designs separate the 2 sets of 2 deer. Deer are brown-black with white flanks, around eyes and a red-brown line extending from the muscle to the interior, ending in a knob or triangle. Floral design; scalloped circle enclosing a 4 petalled flower. Base is solid brown-black.
Rectangular tuff brick mould with ketoh design with a central cross and four curved lines extending from the middle to the inner corners. Black paint has been added to show the detail of the design. The mould appears to match D4.101.
Ceramic figure of a female storyteller. She is depicted lying on her stomach, hands on either side of her head, legs elevated, and with ten children on her back. All figures are beige. She has a smooth circular face, large nose and round open mouth; eyes and nostrils done in black, mouth is dark orange. Short black hair, done in relief, wraps around top and sides of head. She is wearing flat shoes, short-sleeved dress and long necklace; shoes and necklace done in dark orange, dress is black with orange geometric motifs. There is a tied bow on her chest, and a wide belt wrapped around her waist. Nine of the children are lying on the storyteller's back, one is straddling the back of her neck. All of their hair is black, facial features a mix of black and dark orange. Their eyes are horizontal lines, noses are dots, and mouths are closed. The children are wearing pants and an assortment of short-sleeved and buttoned shirts. A majority of them have their arms crossed across their stomachs, others have their hands raised to their faces. All have black shoes and beige outfits; outfits are highlighted with dark orange. Artist signature painted on belly of storyteller, underneath belt.