Pigment Container
29-50-582
From: New Guinea | Tambunum
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-582 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Tambunum |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Wooden. Elliptical in form. At one end the head of what may be a tortoise, at the other a triangular tail. From the back of the head a short spike runs back into the hollow of the saucer, and on the rim there are two pointed continuations of the carving of the back of the head. Cf. the 3-spiked heads of Nos. 29-50-340, 29-50-345, etc. |
| Length | 29.5 cm |
| Width | 7.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 510 - Other Number |
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