Stone for Wealth Display and Exhange (Owili)
This flat painted stone is a display-exchange sacred stone (owili). The stone is Yeineri-sourced gray schistose slate. It is painted on both sides with geometric patterns in red ochre.
Title: Stone for Wealth Display and Exhange (Owili)
Artist: Unknown
Creation Date: April 5, 1993
Geography: Indonesia, Papua, Anguruk
Culture: Yali
Medium: Stone, ochre pigment
Technique: Stone chiseling and grinding, painting
Dimensions: 12.6 x 45.2 cm. (4.96 x 17.79 in.)
Classification: Ritual Object
Credit Line: Gift of Fleur Hampton in memory of Dr. O. W. Hampton, 2020
Object ID: H473-PSM001