A Solomon dish in the form of a fregat bird, around 1900.
Wood, mother of pearl, 48,5 cm long. In Makira and neighboring small islands, these small and ornamented pudding bowls with carvings of birds, fish and other motifs in place of handles were originally used for personal offerings by men to ancestral ghosts. (VJ)
Provenance:
Collected in 1904, deaccessioned in 1997 from the South Seas Evangelical Museum, Ballarat Victoria;
Old private collection;
Herma Visser, Amsterdam.
Specialist: Joris Visser
Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34
Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com
28.06.2023 - 15:46
- Estimate:
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EUR 1,400.- to EUR 1,600.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 1,200.-
A Solomon dish in the form of a fregat bird, around 1900.
Wood, mother of pearl, 48,5 cm long. In Makira and neighboring small islands, these small and ornamented pudding bowls with carvings of birds, fish and other motifs in place of handles were originally used for personal offerings by men to ancestral ghosts. (VJ)
Provenance:
Collected in 1904, deaccessioned in 1997 from the South Seas Evangelical Museum, Ballarat Victoria;
Old private collection;
Herma Visser, Amsterdam.
Specialist: Joris Visser
Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34
Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Online auction |
| Date: | 28.06.2023 - 15:46 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 24.06. - 28.06.2023 |