Pigment Container

29-50-584

From: New Guinea | Yamanum

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 29-50-584
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Yamanum
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood
Description

Wooden. Oval, with carved representation at the ends of the (?) head and tail of a tortoise. The sides are fully carved with curvilinear decoration and at the base of the "tail", below, is a pit marking the (?) cloaca

Length 13 cm
Width 2.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 492 - Other Number

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