kuro (Pot)

About this object

Narrative

Collected by Dr. Belshaw during anthropological fieldwork in Fiji, in July 1958.

Physical description

A large brown clay pot with an egg-like shape and a rounded bottom. There is a wide rim around the top opening. Around the neck, there is a horizontal impressed dot pattern. Around the upper part of the pot, there are double downward pointing triangles incised all around a horizontal upper line below the impressed dot pattern.