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Pottery jar for water and oil. Turkmen; Turkmen: Yamouds

Title:

Pottery jar for water and oil

Ethnic groups:

Turkmen; Turkmen: Yamouds

Territory:

Tashauzskaya Oblast, Kunya-Urgench district

Date:

1940s

Collectors-person:
Knorozov Yuri V.
Material:

Ceramics: ceramics; glaze

Dimensions:

height 34.0; diameter of throat 16.0

Number:

РЭМ 6620-16

Annotation:

“Kuza,” pottery jar for water and oil. It has a flat bottom, an ovoid body, turning into a wide and short neck, with a small bent rim. Two handles are attached to the middle of the throat and the upper part of the body, through which a rope of horsehair is threaded. The body is decorated with horizontal rounded ribs. The inner part and the rim of the vessel are covered with yellow glaze.