Cooking Vessel

Ban Chiang, Thailand, Thailand

4500 BC - 3000 BC

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Flattened trapezoidal bell with netting like surface motif composed or raised rectangles filled with "x" that have a small boss at the intersecting lines. Hole at top for loop for clapper. dented on one side.
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