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Two small paint bowls
Sepik, Papua-Neuguinea

wood, dark brown patina, a narrow oval-shaped bowl, carved with a crocodiles head, coated with fine notched ornaments, accentuated by kaolin, rubbed into the deepenings, the underside delicately carved, so that the reversed bowl forms a small animal sculpture;
the second one in the shape of a turtle, carved with head, fore- and hindlegs, slightly dam., minor missing parts, fine cracks
L: 22 resp. 17,5 cm, (4896/091)

Provenance:
E. Junkelmann, Schloß Lustheim bei Schleißheim, Germany (1963)
Coll. Dr. Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany

Lit.:
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 251

Two small paint bowls
Sepik, Papua-Neuguinea

wood, dark brown patina, a narrow oval-shaped bowl, carved with a crocodiles head, coated with fine notched ornaments, accentuated by kaolin, rubbed into the deepenings, the underside delicately carved, so that the reversed bowl forms a small animal sculpture;
the second one in the shape of a turtle, carved with head, fore- and hindlegs, slightly dam., minor missing parts, fine cracks
L: 22 resp. 17,5 cm, (4896/091)

Provenance:
E. Junkelmann, Schloß Lustheim bei Schleißheim, Germany (1963)
Coll. Dr. Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany

Lit.:
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 251