Bottle
prehistoric (made)
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| Place of origin |
Conical bowl or cover of buff-coloured earthenware, coated with feric oxide, partly blackened in the firing. Cone-shaped, with convex sides: rim sprayed outward with fillet at mouth. The inside is completely black: the rest haematite- red.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware |
| Brief description | Pottery, earthenware, Odugattur, N. Arcot, South India |
| Physical description | Conical bowl or cover of buff-coloured earthenware, coated with feric oxide, partly blackened in the firing. Cone-shaped, with convex sides: rim sprayed outward with fillet at mouth. The inside is completely black: the rest haematite- red. |
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| Credit line | Given by F.J. Richards, Esq., M.A., I.C.S. |
| Production | Found in a grave of the Iron-age near Odugattur, North Arcot District, in 1916. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.318-1923 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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