Two Oceanic items: Fiji bowl, Admiralty Islands bowl
1413
Property of various owners
Two Melanesian bowls
Including a Fiji feast bowl, of elegant oval form, with rounded base and raised tapering canoe-like terminals, the glossy surface showing evidence of extensive use and age; along with an Admiralty Island example, carved in dark wood, raised on four short slab leg supports, the circular vessel carved on the exterior with a decorative rim band and depictions of stylized frigate birds.
length 25 ¾ and 17 1/4in
See illustration
Estimate:
US$ 1,500 - 2,000
£960 - 1,300
€1,100 - 1,500

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Sotheby’s, New York, for first; Michael Hamson, for second

Category: Ethnographic Art / Native American

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