Accession No
2007.486
Description
Platter - Wooden dish/platter carved with human figures, a single face and a deer-like animal with inlaid black and white triangular decoration around the rim. A projection on the rim, probaly used as a handle, forms a carved human figure wearing a hat, shown from the waist. Facing this are two human faces carved in the rim, turned towards each other. two men are carrying the deer.
Place
Asia; East Asia; Taiwan
Period
Source
Whitehorn, John Nevile (Rev.) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2007.486
Cultural Affliation
Paiwan
Material
Wood
Local Term
kisi
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
(bio) Reverend John Whitehorn Objects 2007.481-2007.487 carved by the same carver from Putji. Acquired for Mr Whitehorn by an intermediary around 1969.
Event Date 29/11/2007
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Wooden dish/platter carved with human figures, a single face and a deer-like animal with inlaid black and white triangular decoration around the rim. A projection on the rim, probaly used as a handle, forms a carved human figure wearing a hat, shown from the waist. Facing this are two human faces carved in the rim, turned towards each other. two men are carrying the deer.
Event Date 29/11/2007
Author: maa
FM:265765
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