Specifications

• Length:  45 cm.
• Material: wood
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name: toije, hoitè
• Price realised: € 2.560,-

Provenance

Jac. Hoogerbrugge, Capelle aan de IJssel; Dorotheum, Vienna 4-10-2021, lot 70.

Publications

Ref.: Hoogerbrugge, Jac. (1967), ‘Sentani-meer, mythe en ornament’ in Kultuurpatronen 9, pp. 4-91

Exhibitions

Additional information

According to Hoogerbrugge (67-70)dishes are likened to animals, like this one for instance to a turtle. The extension was used to suspend the dish. Oval or elliptic shapes are usual, round dishes like this one are less common.

Photo credits

Dorotheum, Vienna