Zemanek-Münster

Food bowl

Solomon Islands - Tikopia
sold EUR 1,500
Provenance
Frank Reiter, Berlin, Germany
Size
B: 73 cm
H: 18,5 cm
B: 28.7 inch
H: 7.3 inch

Description

wood, matt reddish brown patina, boat-shaped corpus with projecting spouts at each end, classic Tikopa design: serrated sides, slightly dam., minor missing parts and fine crack (upper rim), abrasion of paint;
Tikopia is the southernmost inhabited island of the Solomons. Objects from this region are characterized by beauty of form and functionality.


Comparing literature

Hurst, Norman, Power and Prestige, Cambridge 1996, p. 55

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