Large sago container with bird motif ·  Papua New Guinea - Chambri Sea, Aibom Village · ID: 3052328

Description

fired clay, pigments,

Chambri pottery is essential for food preparation and storage in the thatched stilt houses along the Sepik River. Although some cooking is done outside, each house has a place for a “gugumbe” or fire dish and some large sago flour storage jars.

The Iatmul speaking village of Aibom in the Chambri region forms the artistic center of Middle Sepik pottery. The Aibom potters produce a most amazing array of decorated, functional pots which are traded all over the area for salt, fish and raw material such as shells.