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Saqa

human history
  • Other Name

    Pot (English)

    Vessel (English)

  • Description

    Saqa. Water vessel. Made of qele (clay). Spherical in shape. Handle at centre-top. Orifice near centre-top with i gaga (pouring spout) near waist. Decorative lines incised across upper area. Several grooves around waist with ridge below grooves around the waist. Outer surface coated in makadre (resin from the Dakua tree).

  • Place
  • Accession Date
    1936
  • Other Id

    22539.4 (ethnology)

  • Department
Saqa, 22539.4, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 01 Mar… … Read more

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