Object cards·PU-Mu 1050, Box 12, folder 2·Undated

Bamboula, Pottery (P811–P995)

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Typed and handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 47 of object cards PU-Mu 1050, Box 12, folder 2 (Bamboula, Pottery (P811–P995)), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 12, folder 2, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 47 of 101

1954 -35 | Cf. P787 | [photograph] | [photograph] | VG(36) 1.27. Painted decoration ^? , solid (?) paint on top of rim, main frieze directly below rim. 4 panels on both with intervening plain spaces; in repeat, together, all four bordered by 3 vertical lines (right two with middle border in common). Left, to right: (1) dotted circles in vertical tangent losenges (at very top concentric losenges (?); instead of dotted circles); (2) lattice design with random losenges filled solid; (3) at top vertical bars, under this (drawing) , under this 3 rather crudely painted carved fishes placed vertically; (4) centre chevron pattern flanked by opposing half circles:

Drawing: half circles flanking pattern] carried away by his subject painter has carrot me order 3 planking vertical

lines on this side. This frieze confined below by 3 stripes, 3 mm. belt very to base Handles barred. Reverse side also decorated with these now almost 100% missing.

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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  • Painted decoration \^?/ , solid (?) paint on top of rim, mai

Also mentionedP787

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