Coconut shell bowl · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Maprik, Abelam · ID: 3052156
Prix d'appel
250 €
Prix d'Estimation
500 €
Provenance
Hubert Geisler (1864-1936), Würzburg, GermanyDescription
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
Littérature comparée
Koch, Gerd, Kultur der Abelam, Berlin 1968, ill. 265