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Maker(s):	Unknown
Culture:	Oceanic; Melanesian
Title:	Noranggau pot (possibly)
Date Made:	20th century
Type:	Container
Materials:	Ceramic; earthenware, with polychrome pigments
Place Made:	Oceania; Melanesia; Malay Archipelago; New Guinea; East Sepik Province, Aibom Village
Measurements:	8.5 x 9 in.
Accession Number:	MH 1979.30.21
Credit Line:	Gift of Mary S. Olmsted (Class of 1941)
Museum Collection:	Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
Chambri pottery is essential for storing food in the Sepik river area, only the village of Aibom has suitable clay to make this type of pottery. This pot would have been used to store fresh Sago. Two human faces are on the body of the pot, decorated with white.

Tags:
pottery; vessels; containers; indigenous people

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