Indonesian Offering Vessel, Based

A pale shell, worn round as an egg, with one dark opening off to the side.

This offering vessel comes from Indonesia and is shell, shown on a base. Across the Indonesian archipelago, shells have long been used as containers, ornaments and objects of exchange, and offerings often take simple natural forms. The vessel is an ovoid mass of chalky white and cream, its surface softly pitted and faintly iridescent in places. A single dark, ragged opening breaks the curve near the top. It sits on a tall plain black pedestal. It reaches 57 inches high.

Nature made the vessel. Somebody else recognized it.