Pot
(mid 20th century)
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
19.0 × 20.0 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1965
© the artists
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Yabob village, Yabob Island, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
D88-1971
Department
Pacific Art
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Physical description
Hand made red clay pot with rounded base, hemispherical body tapering slightly at the shoulder to short neck or everted lip. Four ridges round underside of lip, four diagonal groups consisting of parallel lines. Two inner lines reach the neck to shoulder, to two lower lines turn outwards in between two motifs of two curved dotted lines.