Sago Eating Bowl
2013-20-19
From: Papua New Guinea | East Sepik Province | Koiwat | Kamanggaui
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Kamana |
| Object Number | 2013-20-19 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sawos |
| Provenience | Papua New Guinea | East Sepik Province | Koiwat | Kamanggaui |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Clay | Pigment |
| Description | Rounded conical bowl. Coiled construction, carved. Pattern terracotta and burnished black. Inside burnished black. An eating bowl, for individual portions of sago pudding. Supported by a woven fiber ring when in use. All-over pattern of large spirals, ten in all, with oval centers of burnished black. All but two and a half of the terracotta spirals are textured with punctate slashes. Design unfinished? |
| Height | 12 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 29.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of David C. and Karina Rilling, 2013 |
| Other Number | S-119 - Collector Number |
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