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Object cards·PU-Mu 1050, Box 12, folder 7·Undated

Bamboula, Pottery (P2662–P2710)

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

Scan 99 of object cards PU-Mu 1050, Box 12, folder 7 (Bamboula, Pottery (P2662–P2710)), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 12, folder 7, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 99 of 100

P2710 B223 on display 54-28-106 54-41-106 Bull. shaped vase

C54-41

Photograph

Photo C-113 114 v. PMII, 1: 289 (cm 209?)

Inside the clay appears to be gray with a yellowish incrustation. Outside: slightly lustrous slip fired gray on one side, orange red on the other. Roughly parallel white stripes in groups of four on each shoulder, hip, leg and on handle. Two stripes on forehead. Peg-like legs join cylindrical body at oblique angles. Snout terminates in a small round aperture. Pellet eyes. Present horns are restorations, ears original. In the back of the neck is a round hole 1,8cm. across. Joined to this is a basket handle. Tail indicated plastically.

Length from nose to tail 15,5 cm. Ht. to top of basket handle 11 cm

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

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Also mentionedB223

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