↗Melanesia, New Guinea, Massim Area, Trobriand Islands, 20th century · before 1930
Club
Creator not recorded
The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Image: public domain (CC0) · Museum record & image source ↗
Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Huon Gulf, Tami Islands, 19th century · 1800s
Bowl
Creator not recorded by the museum
- Date
- 1800s
- Medium
- painted wood
- Dimensions
- Overall: 9.9 x 40.3 x 17.4 cm (3 7/8 x 15 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
- Country / context
- Papua New Guinea
- Movement / tradition
- Oceanic arts
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Pathway
- Oceanic arts ↗
FROM THE MUSEUM
The people of the Tami Islands manufactured canoes, house beams, drums, bowls, lime spatulas, and neckrests using tools such as stone axes, bamboo knives, tree-bear teeth, and pig, cassowary, and dog bones. Tami bowls were carved from the hard wood of the azalea and decorated with patterns that vary from deep etching to high relief. Many bowls were blackened with a graphite compound and highly polished. Decorative patterns were owned by specific families, and could not be used by other carvers.
Collection text · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A MOMENT TO LOOK
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Spirit Board
Creator not recorded
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Ancestral Figure
Creator not recorded
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Yam Mask
Creator not recorded