Matty Island Bowl from Papua New Guinea

An old Matty Island bowl, Wuvulu, Western Islands, Papua New…
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An old Matty Island bowl, Wuvulu, Western Islands, Papua New Guinea, the bowl of highly abstracted and geometric form, elongated rectangular body with squared bottom, the sides characteristically curving inwards. Length 47 cm, width 26 cm, height 9.5 cm

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