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Object numberIPSMG:L.1924.120.10
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Institution nameIpswich Collections
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DescriptionVessel made of fired clay with a brown glaze for carrying water. Very large, oval, flat-bottom with pedastal, small opening at the top with a two-ridged rim, some parts of the rim are broken. Decoration in two bands of raised lines and dots. From Sir Cecil Rodwell GCMG, a British colonial administrator, Governor of Southern Rhodesia, British Guiana, and Fiji (1918-1924). Handwritten note with one of the pots: 'Fijian pottery/Infant Chief's toilet set/presented to Governor Sir Cecil Rodwell/on the birth of his youngest son in Fiji, 1923'.
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Production placePolynesia, Fiji
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Production period20th Century, early
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