This is an old Bedouin cooking pot which still bears the signs of long time use in the camp fires.  Under the baked on carbon and tarnish, there is a beautifully hammered copper cooking vessel with the traditional shape of  an Arabic pot used by tribal peoples of the Sultanate of Oman. The pot is 19.5 inches in diameter and 12 inches high.  It could be 19th century or even earlier (scroll down for additional views).   It is a truly unique item which can be used in a decorator sense or when cleaned up, for cooking up your pet goat!!