Pigment Container

29-50-592

From: New Guinea | Palimbei

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 29-50-592
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Palimbei
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood
Description

Wooden. Oval with remnant of red colour it once held. Painted and carved. Apparently represents a composite creature similar to that of 29-50-591. The arms, shoulder-blades, and legs appear in the carving on the back and sides of the saucer.

Length 12.7 cm
Width 5.6 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 472 - Other Number

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