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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0018-0079   CAS 0018-0079; Jar
Category Jewelry & Metalwork; Vessels
Object Name Jar
Culture Swahili
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Kenya or Tanzania
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Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Metal: copper; Tin
Description Small pedestal base that turns into a globular body that contracts to a flat flaring rim that returns to the vertical and then again flares outward horizontally, both horizontal sections of rim have etched decorations rim is notched.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 9.7, Max Diam = 24.9