Sago Eating Bowl

2013-20-19

From: Papua New Guinea | East Sepik Province | Koiwat | Kamanggaui

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Native Name Kamana
Object Number 2013-20-19
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sawos
Provenience Papua New Guinea | East Sepik Province | Koiwat | Kamanggaui
Section Oceanian
Materials Clay | Pigment
Description

Rounded conical bowl. Coiled construction, carved. Pattern terracotta and burnished black. Inside burnished black. An eating bowl, for individual portions of sago pudding. Supported by a woven fiber ring when in use.

All-over pattern of large spirals, ten in all, with oval centers of burnished black. All but two and a half of the terracotta spirals are textured with punctate slashes. Design unfinished?

Height 12 cm
Outside Diameter 29.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of David C. and Karina Rilling, 2013
Other Number S-119 - Collector Number

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