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Kava Bowl, Rurutu Island, Austral Islands
Wood, kava residue
diameter 15 7/8in (40.5cm)
Provenance
Col. Donald Stanley Marshall, a 30-year Army veteran who saw action in World War II and Vietnam and an anthropologist who studied the languages and cultures of Polynesia; author of the book Ra'ivavae (1961)
Bonhams, San Francisco, 9 Feb 2014, Lot 132
French Private Collection
Franklin Family Collection, Portland, Oregon
Of deeply hollowed form with four feet; rich, honey-brown patina and traces of kava residue on the interior.
diameter 15 7/8in (40.5cm)
Provenance
Col. Donald Stanley Marshall, a 30-year Army veteran who saw action in World War II and Vietnam and an anthropologist who studied the languages and cultures of Polynesia; author of the book Ra'ivavae (1961)
Bonhams, San Francisco, 9 Feb 2014, Lot 132
French Private Collection
Franklin Family Collection, Portland, Oregon
Of deeply hollowed form with four feet; rich, honey-brown patina and traces of kava residue on the interior.














