Sago Storage Pot
2013-20-34
From: Papua New Guinea | East Sepik Province | Aibom
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 2013-20-34 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Papua New Guinea | East Sepik Province | Aibom |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Clay | Pigment |
| Description | Tall pot with rounded bottom, narrow mouth and flaring rim. Terracotta with smudged areas from firing. Human face molded in relief on one side of the neck: round eyes, broad nose, round open nostrils. Face has a scalloped raised rim, with small holes punched through the points (for fiber tassels). Three molded crescents below. Black pigment in the crescents and the face. White designs under the rim over the eyes, lines of chevrons on the temples. Used to store smoked sago. |
| Height | 107 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 51.91 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of David C. and Karina Rilling, 2013 |
| Other Number | A-5 - Collector Number |
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