Dish
29-50-505
From: New Guinea | Timbunke
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-505 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Timbunke |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Wooden. Long, oval, flat. At one end a projection represents the head and fore-limbs of a tortoise, at the other the hind limbs and tail together with a finial of ambiguous meaning. The bottom (back) of the dish has a carving in low relief representing coitus (human) |
| Length | 98.6 cm |
| Width | 24.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 556 - Other Number |
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