Bowl

58-17-1

From: Southwest Coast, New Guinea | New Guinea

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 58-17-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Asmat
Provenience Southwest Coast, New Guinea | New Guinea
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Light wood with traces of orange paint. Elongated, shallow bowl, probably used for ceremonial purposes, suspended between two torsos. Bowl has a carved head at either end which is carved from the double figures below their necks. Double figures consist of heads, necks and arms all in full relief; arms are flexed with hands against cheecks of one head but freely extended at other. Arms have shallow incised carving. One head has an elongated top and a face indicated on both sides; other has a flat head.

Credit Line Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958

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