A Kayanic, Dayak chief bowl, Borneo
Kayan Dayak Chief's Bowl, East Kalimantan, Borneo
Wood, shell, beads and vegetable fiber
length 29 1/4in (74.3cm)

Provenance:
Private Collection, Arkansas

Decorated with two aso figures at either end with blue bead eyes, highlighted with shell inlay and wrapped fiber along the rims; fine, rich dark-brown patina.
Sold for US$ 1,000 inc. premium

Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art


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