Dish

29-50-505

From: New Guinea | Timbunke

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-50-505
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Timbunke
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Wooden. Long, oval, flat. At one end a projection represents the head and fore-limbs of a tortoise, at the other the hind limbs and tail together with a finial of ambiguous meaning. The bottom (back) of the dish has a carving in low relief representing coitus (human)

Length 98.6 cm
Width 24.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 556 - Other Number

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