The vase is extremely bulbous, but ends with a rim about 10 cm wide and is decorated with angular and round geometric patterns in glossy black, olive green, ochre, old pink, dark brown, brown-orange and glossy grey. These are notched into the clay, the notches are traced with white paint and the resulting fields are painted with the following colours: Glossy black, olive green, ochre, old pink, reddish brown, grey. Note: The Kadiweu use the same patterns on their clay products as for body painting; see Strauss: Sad Tropics.