Description & Technical information
A fine and large kamana, or soup bowl used by initiated men. The decor is composed of four stylized human faces – probably male - representing important spiritual ancestors. The figures are separated by geometric motifs. Koiwat Village style, Sawos People, Middle Sepik, P.N.G. 26 cm in diameter.
Period: 20th century
Origin: New Guinea, Melanesia
Medium: Fired and polychromed clay
Literature: Ill.: OCEANIA N°8. FACES OF CLAY - THE POTTERY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Galerie Meyer, Paris, 1991, N° 19.
Categories: Tribal Art
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