A Superb Old New Guinea Food Bowl Boiken People East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea

A Superb Old New Guinea Food Bowl Boiken People East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea

This fine old and well-used Bowl / Plate is called Huamp in the Boiken language, the Boiken People live in the Prince Alexander Mountains area in the East Sepik Province or Papua New Guinea.

Beautifully carved from a single piece of hardwood with outside convex and carved in high relief with the image of a stylized totemic Flying Fox (fruit bat) with an anthropomorphic Ancestral Face. These bowls were widely traded with their neighbors and often kept for several generations of as a family heirloom, These bowls when hung together in a group of two or three look amazing as sculptural artworks.

This old bowl has been one of my favorites and has been in my home for 35 years.

Provenance: The Todd Barlin Collection of New Guinea Oceanic Art

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