Wooden bowl, 2 handles, carved, red & white paint

Museum number:
11-14660
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Accession number:
Acc.2560
Description:
Bowl, oval, with carved crocodile (?) head at one end, tail at opposite end; two diagonal bands of carved sidewise v designs on side outlined with red and white materials’ length 25.5 cm.
Donor:
Mrs. Gardner Dailey
Collection place:
Middle Sepik river, East Sepik Province, Momase Region
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Wooden bowl, 2 handles, carved, red & white paint, accession number 11-14660, described as Bowl, oval, with carved crocodile (?) head at one end, tail at opposite end; two diagonal bands of carved sidewise v designs on side outlined with red and white materials’ length 25.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Wooden bowl, 2 handles, carved, red & white paint, accession number 11-14660, described as Bowl, oval, with carved crocodile (?) head at one end, tail at opposite end; two diagonal bands of carved sidewise v designs on side outlined with red and white materials’ length 25.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Wooden bowl, 2 handles, carved, red & white paint, accession number 11-14660, described as Bowl, oval, with carved crocodile (?) head at one end, tail at opposite end; two diagonal bands of carved sidewise v designs on side outlined with red and white materials’ length 25.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden bowl, 2 handles, carved, red & white paint, accession number 11-14660, described as Bowl, oval, with carved crocodile (?) head at one end, tail at opposite end; two diagonal bands of carved sidewise v designs on side outlined with red and white materials’ length 25.5 cm.

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