Lot 128 Large Sentani village feastbowl. Collected by Jac Hoogerbrugge in 1961
Reference: ART4002919
Large Sentani village feastbowl. Collected by Jac Hoogerbrugge in 1961. Bowls/food platters like this were not private property, but belonged tot he clan or the village to be used in feasts. See the drawing and collection notes by Hoogerbrugge. Hoogerbrugge marked it as a “Top piece”. Hoogerbrugge notes: In 1961 from O. Sekoi in Jobé(Kata Sekoi). Joniki. Fantastic example.Family heirloom only used in big feasts for pig (òbò). Light wood.120 cm high! ODecorated with THE Sentani motifs over the entire surface.Very finely carved. The O. had 2 nearly identical pieces.Carved long ago, 10 or 20 years before the war, so approcimately 1925 by a bapa from Ifarwho was well known for his beautifull plates. Stable crack. 120 by 30 by 7 cm.