Carved Bowl

late 1900s Diameter: 29 cm (11 7/16 in.); Overall: 12.6 cm (4 15/16 in.)
https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.10

The Abelam people inhabit a hilly region of northeast New Guinea, north of the Sepik River. Their most spectacular art form is a towering spirit house, the gable decorated with brightly painted panels depicting ancestral spirits. Similar faces are carved on these food bowls,...

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1999.1
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