Pigment Dish
Arts of the Pacific Islands
CULTURE
Iatmul
MEDIUM
Wood, pigment
DATES
20th century
DIMENSIONS
8 x 3 x 1 in. (20.3 x 7.6 x 2.5 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Pacific Islands
ACCESSION NUMBER
56.6.48
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Small wooden dish with carved head of a crocodile on one end and a skull mask on the other. Red and white pigment in recesses of carving. Crack at base that is stable. Some soil in grain of wood.
From catalogue card: Small bowl for body paints. Flat oval bowl with carved head of crocodile at one end and carved mask skull at other end, forming handles.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Iatmul. Pigment Dish, 20th century. Wood, pigment, 8 x 3 x 1 in. (20.3 x 7.6 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.48. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 56.6.48.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 56.6.48.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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