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Bowl <vessel>

Bowl for mixing pigments. The pigments, which were used to paint masks and other carvings, had a special significance. They brought the objects to life and created a link to the non-human world. The carved faces at the bottom depict mythological beings from this other world.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Schale
Dimensions
Width: 110.0 mm
Length: 235.0 mm
Depth: 37.0 mm
Material/Technique
Colour pigments, Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/2036

Provenance and sources

  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    10.03.1954
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
    Sepik (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    Melanesia (location/origin)
    who
    Privatbesitz - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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