C1661
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Round bottomed, hand built coiled earthenware vessel with tin glazed band at top. Lower half of pot is burnished with incised geometric decoration, with two rounded mounds/handles on each side of pot. Ceramic transfer decoration on band inside of the vessel features images of war-wounded children in Angola, transfer printed in blue and white. On outside of pot, photographs of children with an overlaid, handwritten text relating to the Angolan civil war in Portuguese and an African language.
Details
- Catalogue Number: C1661
- Measurements: H 29cms x D 22cms
- Inscription: Impressed monogram of bird, Helga Gamboa , Bristol 2005, UK
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