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Description

A light brown wooden bowl in the shape of a seal, painted in red and black. Has circular black eyes, a black forehead, a black nose, red nostrils, an open mouth with red lips, and plain teeth. There is a horizontal red band around the neck. Painted on each side, there are two black eye designs. The eye design closest to the front is circular with protrusions flowing backward, the top one of which is wider than the three lower ones. The eye design closest to the back is ovoid with lobes and red accents. The black tail has two identical triangular-shaped horizontally grooved flipper parts that curve to connect to each other at the end.

History Of Use

Oil bowl

Iconographic Meaning

Represents a seal.

Item History

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