Cooking pot

A deep, globular vessel with rounded base and flaring rim. An incised design punctuates the belly of the vessel in the form of two lateral bands surmounted a series of double arches and vertical uprights dividing and segmenting the shoulders. There is a black, patina in patches over the pot. There are also applied dots running vertically between the base of the neck and the banding.The flared rim has corregations on the exterior,The vessel has a smooth texture overall, which appears glazed and reflective. It is a deep red brown in colour. This cooking pot traded in from Yabob, Coastal Madang area, collected at Efu village. Yabob is a coastal village two miles south of Madang district.