bowl
Objectcode
EA/99/24
Description (brief)
A dark wooden dish. It is decorated with a carved out male human figure. The dish itself is placed between the statuette's upper legs and is conically placed. A dinner dish as part of a male figurine. Its legs becoming a dish. The dish was probably made as a gift for the owner and was probably meant as wall decoration.
Origin(s)
Asmat
Dimensions (L x W x H)
63,0 x 6,0 x 8,0 cm
Production technique
wood carving
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
» schotels, borden, bladeren, spijsdozen (kempu), gamellen