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bed leg

The bed leg is carved in the shape of a cylinder that widens towards the bottom. Near the top, two bird figures are carved on either side with their beaks and front pointed toward the bed leg. One is missing. Between them is a circular carving. The birds and the leg feature several black zigzag patterns.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
legs (furniture components)
Dimensions
General: 60 × 15 cm
Material/Technique
Wood; colour pigment carved; painted
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D12696b
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D12696b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1913
    where
    Admiralty Islands
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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