A Trobriand Islands feast bowl, Papua New Guinea, leaf-shaped,…
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A Trobriand Islands feast bowl, Papua New Guinea, leaf-shaped, decorated meticulously with incised geometric motifs on the rim. Provenance: from the collection of Keith St Cartmail height 11.5 cm, length 64 cm, width 37 cm

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  • Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.

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