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Pigment dish
Pigment dish
Date:
19th century
Location:
de Young
Gallery 30
Century:
19th Century AD
Media:
Wood, Shell, Pigment
Dimensions:
1.9 x 14.6 x 2.5 cm (3/4 x 5 3/4 x 1 in.)
Department:
Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Object Type:
Utensil
Country:
New Guinea
Continent:
Oceania
Culture/People:
Kararau Village; Central Iatmul People
Provenance:

"Königlichen Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin (before 1900); Arthur Speyer Collection, Eltville, Germany." (Catalog #203, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 115.)

Accession Number:
2010.77.64
Acquisition Date:
2010-06-10
Credit Line:

Gift of Marcia and John Friede (purchased in part with funds from the Evelyn A.J. Hall Charitable Trust)

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