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Prehistoric stone bowl ·  Papua New Guinea - Western Highlands, Mount Hagen · ID: 3052684

Sold EUR 1,700
Provenance
Collected by Ron Perry, Mount Hagen Area, 1967
John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Size
M: 9,5 cm x 19,5 cm x 17,8 cm
M: 3.7 inch x 13.7 inch x 7.0 inch

Description

In the Western Highlands, comparable bowls have been documented in ritual contexts, particularly those associated with male cult practices.


The object Prehistoric stone bowl with the object ID 3052684 was last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 130 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,700.


Comparing literature

Swadling, Pamela et al., Prehistoric stone artefacts from Enga (...), in: Journal de la Société des Océanistes, 126-127, Année 2008


Publications

Friede, John et. al., New Guinea Highlands, 2017, p. 358, ill. 13.8.


Notices

This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).


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