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Food bowl in the shape of a bird
Tami-Inseln, Huon-Golf, Papua-Neuguinea

wood, dark brown patina, of smooth, oval form, flattened at the bottom, carved with birds head and tail feathers, ornaments in flat relief at the rim of the receptacle, notched decor at the bottom, kaolin and red ochre rubbed into the deepenings, old missing part (beak), in a good state of preservation
L: 49,5 cm, (4896/030)

Provenance:
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
Coll. Dr. Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany

Lit.:
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 163

Food bowl in the shape of a bird
Tami-Inseln, Huon-Golf, Papua-Neuguinea

wood, dark brown patina, of smooth, oval form, flattened at the bottom, carved with birds head and tail feathers, ornaments in flat relief at the rim of the receptacle, notched decor at the bottom, kaolin and red ochre rubbed into the deepenings, old missing part (beak), in a good state of preservation
L: 49,5 cm, (4896/030)

Provenance:
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
Coll. Dr. Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany

Lit.:
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 163