Dish

Date1834-1839

MediumClay

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Object numberTN00810

DescriptionSmall shallow coil built dish of unfired clay. It is painted red on the outside and inside; the inside has a design of deeper red lines in swirls and loops deviding the sides into 4 quarters with a small circle in the centre. Bowls such as this one were scaled-down copies of tribes cooking implements. They were often taken to coastal regions to sell to colonists as curiosities.

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