Pottery
Cast
87-39-1184
From: Switzerland | Schwyz Canton | Lake Zurich | Wangen
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | 87-39-1184 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Neolithic | Swiss Lake Dweller |
| Provenience | Switzerland | Schwyz Canton | Lake Zurich | Wangen |
| Period | Neolithic |
| Date Made | 4300-2450 BCE |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Incised |
| Iconography | Geometric Motif |
| Description | Design incised. a lozenge with radiating lines "Facsimile of the only design I have ever seen scratched on pottery of the Stone age in Switzerland. The original specimen is in the Museum at Carlsruhe. Rude ornaments of the geometric sort are met with." "Wagon" written on object. Design incised. a lozenge with radiating lines "Facsimile of the only design I have ever seen scratched on pottery of the Stone age in Switzerland. The original specimen is in the Museum at Carlsruhe. Rude ornaments of the geometric sort are met with." (VB 1939) Original apparently a thin, flat bone with one convex and one borken end. Desgin incised, a losenge with redisting lines. (HNW 1933) |
| Length | 10.5 cm |
| Width | 5.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1987 |
| Other Number | L-37-1184 - Old Museum Number | 11 - Original Number |
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