bowl
Objectcode
EA/66/14
Description (brief)
Bowl in the shape of a prau. At the end a figure of an ancestor has been cut out. These bowls were used for food and/ or mixing natural pigments, used for painting ancestor statues, shields, drums, etc.
Dating
1960/62
Dimensions (L x W)
78,0 x 10,0 cm
Thesaurus terms
Materials thesaurus
Materials thesaurus
» organic
» vegetal
» wood
Cultural
Cultural origin
» Papua
» South West Coast
» Asmat
Geographic
Geographical term
» Papua
» Division South New-Guinea
» Subdivision Asmat
Object category
OVM Category
» voeding, drank, genotmiddelen
» opdienen en consumeren