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BowlEd5.2793

Brown raku tea bowl with curved lip has black spattered brown interior. Exterior has glaze dripped down halfway in lighter brown with black flecks. Bowl has unglazed foot and small lower section.

Culture
Japanese
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VaseCd371

Conical shaped, red clay vase with flat, circular bottom and rounded lipped opening. There is a scalloped line of decoration running horizontal from the top. Smooth surface below this line, rough and porous above it.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
clay
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlAf438

Round bowl with flat rim edges and with two red-brown bands. The body is light brown. Inside bottom is red-brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
pigment and clay
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Altar VesselAf437

Pot with decoration in high relief consisting of six female figures arranged around the upper portion of the pot, four of which are carrying small auxiliary pots on their heads. These pots are evenly spaced around the rim of the main pot. They alternate with panels containing a handle and a snake-like motif. The snakes run down from the rim and terminate at a horizontal flange which separates the decoration from the lower portion of the pot. Two remaining females are placed in panels on opposite sides of the pot. Both high relief and pat decorated with incised lines and marks.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
clay
Made in
Benin City, Edo, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugAf436 a-b

Dark brown to black jug with a semi-gloss, smooth surface. Short neck separates large round body from cup-shaped mouth. Handle extends from shoulder to lip. Jug is decorated with incised lines wrapped horizontally around top half of body, and interrupted by sections of curved lines running from the neck, and shoulder junction to the base. Other straight and curving lines decorate the neck, handle, and mouth. Ring base. Flanged stopper (part b) with projecting top sits in recessed opening of mouth.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
clay
Made in
Edo, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JarEdz1363

Clay jar with rounded shoulder with blue stripe; narrow rim. Light brown crackled glaze over all. Several unglazed patches, pits and one gouge near base. Unglazed base has uneven rim and patches of glaze which show light green tinge.

Culture
Chinese ?
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotCb85

Round red clay pot with horseshoe-shaped open side and flat base; three large, raised rounded projections on rim and two bands of geometric design deeply incised; parallel lines on upper half and lightly incised pattern on lower half. Red brown with blackened areas inside on raised moldings and under rim on exterior.

Culture
Hausa
Material
clay
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotCb84

Globular pot with short neck, flaring to circular mouth; rounded base. Unglazed shoulder decorated with lightly incised parallel lines arranged in a ring, circling neck. Light red-brown glaze with base and shoulder in lighter shade; whitened areas. Pot is pitted overall.

Culture
Hausa
Material
clay and ochre pigment
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotAf443

Water pot with handle between pouring spout and air vent. Encircling ridge at shoulder and at ring base. Light yellow wash-like glaze. Handle, air vent, and shoulder ridge have abstract design in light red-brown consisting of curvilinear and straight lines with dots and crosses on top.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlSe157

Round, polycrome bowl which constricts steeply in lower third to 10cm. Flat base. Matte black inside, orange with black lines define space in open ended rectangles, zigzag edged rectangles, step-edges rectangles and line ends, etc. Between thick lines are thin ones which run parallel and diverge from thicker ones. Resin-like coating has discoloured to yellow on base, bubbled and chipped on sides. Small hole on inside, not through. Some accretions inside.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
clay, pigment, resin and caraipe bark ash
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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