Sago Pot Holder (uncertain)

29-50-662

From: New Guinea | Tambunum

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-50-662
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Tambunum
Section Oceanian
Description

Wickerwork frame to which are fastened finer basketwork ornaments. In front, a large basketwork mask, duplicated by one in rear. The double structure rises from a broad flat ring. The original label is torn. Parts of words on the remaining portion suggest a statement of the employment of this object in a manner similar to 29-50-665, but the original list calls it a mask.

Height 75 cm
Depth 44 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 601 - Other Number

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