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Maker(s):	Unknown
Culture:	Cypriot
Title:	Bowl
Date Made:	ca. 1450 BCE
Type:	Ceramic
Materials:	gray/tan clay; white slip; flat brown/black paint
Place Made:	Cyprus, Greece
Measurements:	Height: 4 1/2 in. Max.Diam. : 7 1/2 in
Accession Number:	MH 1982.13
Credit Line:	Gift of Susan B. Matheson (Class of 1968)
Museum Collection:	Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
Wishbone-handled bowl with brown vertical and horizontal banding imitating stitching on leather versions (handle is triangular in shape). Bowls of this sort were also known as "milk bowls" due to their usual milky-white colored slip.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; pottery; vessels; containers; bowls

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