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.