Food bowl · Papua New Guinea - Huon Gulf, Morobe Province, Tami Islands · ID: 3051696
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
Bernhard Magnus, Berlin, Germany (probably collected by him on site)Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (1957)
German Private Collection, Munich
Size
L: 70 cm
B: 27 cm
L: 27.6 inch
B: 10.6 inch
Description
wood, lime, handwritten inventory number: “63039 B. Magnus Tami-Ins. 63039 L.942/1”
According to information provided by Dr Walda-Mandel, the bowl was handed over to Ludwig Bretschneider on 8 August 1957. There is hardly any information available about Bernhard Magnus, but he seems to have been to the area himself and collected the bowl in situ.
The object Food bowl with the object ID 3051696 was last part of the auction Auction 104 at April 12, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 211 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.
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