Bowl

58-17-11

From: Southwest Coast, New Guinea | New Guinea

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 58-17-11
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Asmat (uncertain)
Provenience Southwest Coast, New Guinea | New Guinea
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Light, soft wood. Bowl is long and narrow, widening a little in the middle; one end comes to a point and may represent a simplified head with a hat or headdress, the other end is sawed off. Trough has sloping ends. Covered with white paint (lime).

Credit Line Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958

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