Carved Food Bowl
Food bowl or plate with notched perforated lug (for attaching hanging rope). Bottom of bowl has perforated low relief, oval spiral design typical of Murik According to Ledoux's field notebook "collection" (lot 110) these plates or bowls are made of Baet wood.
Similiar item donated by Louis Pierre Ledoux to The American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology in 1936. Locale: Lower Sepik River Country: Papua New Guinea Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Wood
Dimensions: Diameter 11" / 28.5cm
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
Similar item: American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology, 80/8925 https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%208925
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Food bowl or plate with notched perforated lug (for attaching hanging rope). Bottom of bowl has perforated low relief, oval spiral design typical of Murik According to Ledoux's field notebook "collection" (lot 110) these plates or bowls are made of Baet wood.
Similiar item donated by Louis Pierre Ledoux to The American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology in 1936. Locale: Lower Sepik River Country: Papua New Guinea Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Wood
Dimensions: Diameter 11" / 28.5cm
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
Similar item: American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology, 80/8925 https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%208925
