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Ceremonial bowl, Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim, Size: H: 26 cm T: 36 cm D: 17,5 cm / 18,5 cm (bowl) (H: 10.2 inch T: 14.2 inch D: 6.9 inch / 7.3 inch (bowl)), ID: 3049045
Ceremonial bowl, Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim, Size: H: 26 cm T: 36 cm D: 17,5 cm / 18,5 cm (bowl) (H: 10.2 inch T: 14.2 inch D: 6.9 inch / 7.3 inch (bowl)), ID: 3049045 - 2/6 Ceremonial bowl, Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim, Size: H: 26 cm T: 36 cm D: 17,5 cm / 18,5 cm (bowl) (H: 10.2 inch T: 14.2 inch D: 6.9 inch / 7.3 inch (bowl)), ID: 3049045 - 3/6 Ceremonial bowl, Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim, Size: H: 26 cm T: 36 cm D: 17,5 cm / 18,5 cm (bowl) (H: 10.2 inch T: 14.2 inch D: 6.9 inch / 7.3 inch (bowl)), ID: 3049045 - 4/6 Ceremonial bowl, Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim, Size: H: 26 cm T: 36 cm D: 17,5 cm / 18,5 cm (bowl) (H: 10.2 inch T: 14.2 inch D: 6.9 inch / 7.3 inch (bowl)), ID: 3049045 - 5/6 Ceremonial bowl, Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim, Size: H: 26 cm T: 36 cm D: 17,5 cm / 18,5 cm (bowl) (H: 10.2 inch T: 14.2 inch D: 6.9 inch / 7.3 inch (bowl)), ID: 3049045 - 6/6
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Lot 191
99th Auction

Ceremonial bowl ·  Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim · ID: 3049045

sold EUR 2,500
Provenance
Christie’s New York, 13 October 1978, Lot 281
Size
H: 26 cm
T: 36 cm
D: 17,5 cm / 18,5 cm (bowl)
H: 10.2 inch
T: 14.2 inch
D: 6.9 inch / 7.3 inch (bowl)

Description

wood, 2-piece, lime, handwritten inventory no. “MI98”, rest.

Very beautiful and original Massim bowl with classical anthropomorphic figure and typical ornamental decoration.

Oceania

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