Pigment Container

29-50-571

From: New Guinea | Timbunke

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 29-50-571
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Timbunke
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Wooden. Shallow, oval receptacle, carved and painted. Carving represents the head of a different species of crocodile at each end, and on the back of the palette proper a human mask.

Length 41.3 cm
Width 8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 487 - Other Number

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