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bowl
Objectcode
EA/35/1
Description (brief)
Dark-wooden dish for mixing pigments, partly ajour carved. The bottom is decorated with engraved patterns. This kind of dishes was mainly used for mixing red and white pigments ( from small fruits and lime respectively), used for decorating for example ancestral statues, shields and praus. This dish was probably made for the tourist market.
Origin(s)
Asmat
Dating
1955-1962
Dimensions (L x W)
47,0 x 5,0 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
» nijverheid, handel en dienstverlening
» materiaalbewerking
» verf- en kleurstoffen: verwerving en bereiding