Two Sawos sago bowls

Two Sawos sago bowls

Papua New Guinea

terracotta, of conical form with carved stylised and pigment decoration,

29.8cm and 30cm diameter. (2)

Provenance

Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of Solomon Islands in Israel.

Collected in 1974.

These bowls were made by women and then the design and pigment finished by the men. The designs depict mythological creatures. The pots are traded along the Sepik River and made in Kowoit and Kamengabi villages.