Ceremonial bowl · Solomon Islands · ID: 3042858
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Provenance
Elisabeth Verhey, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsLoed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Size
B: 54,5 cm (with handles)
H: 10,8 cm
B: 21.5 inch (with handles)
H: 4.3 inch
Description
wood, black patina, of oval form, deeply hollowed, filigree handle in shape of birds (upside down), shell-inlay, rising from rectangular base, slightly dam., abrasion.
Large feast bowls of that kind were used for “sugusugu” pudding made from mashed taro. The most important festival they were used in was the “maraufu” or boys puberty initiation.
The object Ceremonial bowl with the object ID 3042858 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 32.
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Comparing literature
Conru, Kevin, Solomon Islands Art, Milan 2008, p. 95 ff.