Cooking Pot
70-24-3
From: Territory of Papua and New Guinea | Morobe District | Huon Peninsula | Sialum Village
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 70-24-3 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Territory of Papua and New Guinea | Morobe District | Huon Peninsula | Sialum Village |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Clay |
| Description | Unusual bowl form, terra-cotta color, with relief and incised decoration. Made for Administration officer who did not purchase it. Motifs and form rather unusual for this area and may be recent innovations. Of the type widely traded along the coast of the Huon Peninsula and across the Siassi [Islands] and New Britain. |
| Height | 21 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 26 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. Jim Specht, 1970 |
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