Black pottery water vessel

Made:
1851-1920
Black pottery water vessel, human face moulded on neck

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Black pottery water vessel, human face moulded on neck
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Black pottery water vessel, human face moulded on neck, arms on vessel , supported on wooden stand, Peruvian, 1881-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A669561
Materials:
pottery and stand, wood
Measurements:
height 510 mm
with lugs: length 485 mm
diameter 390 mm
stand: diameter 410 mm
stand: height 82 mm
type:
water vessels

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