Gable Ornament
29-50-613
From: New Guinea | Kaulagu
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-613 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Kaulagu |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Clay | Feather | Pigment |
| Description | Pottery in the form of an inverted pot with painted relief and incised ornament. On top the figure (damaged) of a bird with outstretched wings, its breast resting against the back of the head of another bird (hornbill). Wings and beak of first bird partly covered with actual feathers. |
| Height | 41.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 19.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 660 - Other Number |
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