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Coconut shell bowl, Papua New Guinea - Maprik, Abelam, Size: H: 8,5 cm D: ca. 9,5 -10 cm (H: 3.3 inch D: ca. 9,5 -3.9 inch), ID: 3052156
Coconut shell bowl, Papua New Guinea - Maprik, Abelam, Size: H: 8,5 cm D: ca. 9,5 -10 cm (H: 3.3 inch D: ca. 9,5 -3.9 inch), ID: 3052156 - 2/3 Coconut shell bowl, Papua New Guinea - Maprik, Abelam, Size: H: 8,5 cm D: ca. 9,5 -10 cm (H: 3.3 inch D: ca. 9,5 -3.9 inch), ID: 3052156 - 3/3
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Lot 23
Collectors' Items Sale

Coconut shell bowl ·  Papua New Guinea - Maprik, Abelam · ID: 3052156

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Provenance
Hubert Geisler (1864-1936), Würzburg, Germany
Size
H: 8,5 cm
D: ca. 9,5 -10 cm
H: 3.3 inch
D: ca. 9,5 -3.9 inch

Description

with engraved facial representations and jagged decorative stripes

According to Koch, these drinking bowls were only used during religious festivals. Only men initiated into the cult were allowed to make these bowls (Koch, 1968, p. 100).

comes with: Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Marind-anim, bullroarer, l: 30.5 cm

The object Coconut shell bowl with the object ID 3052156 was last part of the auction Collectors’ Items Sale at September 24, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 23.

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Comparing literature

Koch, Gerd, Kultur der Abelam, Berlin 1968, ill. 265

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