Wooden bowl for serving meals of sago porridge (bapeda). The bottom of the bowl is engraved with several patterns. The deeper-set parts are coloured white with chalk. The patterns on both long sides of the bowl possibly depict animals (crocodile, lizard). The rounded side of the bowl and the projection (from which the bowl can be hung) suggest it represents a turtle. During festivities such a bowl is used to eat from collectively. The sago porridge is then served with fish and a spicy sauce.

Wooden panel, oblong shaped with rounded top in which an eye is carved to enable the object to hang from a wall. Three spiralled patterns are carved into the oblong section. The protruding parts are coloured black, the lower ones are unworked. This woodcarving is from the Sentani area. It was probably meant as wall decoration (similar boards with patterns from Sentani, Tanah Merah and other areas were produced at the university museum in Abepura for the tourist trade in the 1970s) The patterns were originally used for decorating praus and/or drums.

set of two bamboo arrows with wooden heads, one of which is bearded. The heads are attached to the shafts using very narrow rattan strips. The carving on the arrow heads is coloured in using lime.

spear with carved-out barbs at the point. The middle of the shaft is carved out in the shape of a paddle, partly ajour-cut. At various places along the spear traces of lime are visible. The end of the spear is decorated with knitted tree bark rope, probably as a grip for throwing. At the tip of the spear two small shells are attached with a resinous substance.

Large cloth made of beaten tree bark, probably used as wall decoration. Decorated with several geometrical motives in square and rectangular shapes. The motives are painted in black, reddish brown and green.

Hourglass-shaped drum (tifa) made of dark-coloured wood. The skin, made of iguana leather, is attached using rattan. The top of the drum is painted green, the bottom is decorated with painted geometrical motives in green, brown and white.

shield made of light-coloured wood, painted with surprisingly regular geometrical motives, mirrored along the vertical mid-axis. Along the long edges of the shield tufts of tree bark fibre are attached. On the back of the shield a handle is carved out. Shield and handle are made of one single piece of wood.

neck ornament

bag

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