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SH 2018/8

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Description

ObjectFormType: 

  • Vessel

ObjectMaterialType: 

  • Clay

ObjectTechniqueType: 

  • Smoke-fired ceramic

Colours: 

  • Dark brown

DistinguishingFeatures: 

Smoke-fired ceramic vessel with turned body and curved neck. Hand-built earthenware, decorated with alternating burnished and brushed or scraped areas to create smooth juxtaposed with textured surfaces on the body and neck of the vessel. Incised initials and date at the base of the vessel.

Inscriptions: 

Base of vessel incised: SF 18
TypeValueUnit
56.30

DimensionComment: 

Width: 31.3cm Height: 56.3cm
History

AgeComment: 

2018

ProductionPlace: 

  • Woodstock
  • Cape Town
  • South Africa

Provenance: 

From the permanent collection of Iziko Museums of South Africa (Social History Collections).

ReferenceList: 

 
 

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