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Bowl with snake decoration
(20th century)

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
13.0 × 26.0 × 25.4 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by C. T. Shipman, 1978
© the artists

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Markham Valley, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
O7-1978

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
Handmade clay pot with rounded base, hemispherical body tapering slightly at the short neck and everted lip which is decorated with deep solid lines. Two serpents wrap around just below the neck with their heads resting on opposite ends of the rim. Decorations of dots.