Collection
Unknown
(Papua New Guinea)
- Title
- Kamana (Eating bowl)
- Other titles:
- Food bowl
- Place of origin
-
Middle Sepik River →
East Sepik Province →
Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Sawos people
- Year
- collected 1960s
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- earthenware, chip-carved, traces of red earth pigment
- Dimensions
-
29.5cm bowl rim (diam.); 16.5cm bowl height:
0 - Whole; 29.5cm
0 - Whole; 16.5cm
- Credit
- Gift of Margaret Olley 1984
- Accession number
- 324.1984
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (1)
-
Margaret Tuckson and Patricia May, The traditional pottery of Papua New Guinea, Kensington, 1982. see pages 224-231 for similar vessels and description of coiling and decorating techniques
