Fine Serving Bowl, Hawaiian Islands

umeke lā'au puahala
height 6 3/4in (17cm); diameter 9 1/2in (24cm)

Provenance
Queen Lili'uokalani (1838-1917), Hawai'i
Lydia Ka'onohiponiponiokalani Aholo (1878-1979), Hawai'i
Alfred Aholo Apaka Sr. (c.1891-1984), Hawai'i
By descent through the Apaka family
Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection, Honolulu, Hawai'i
Australian Private Collection

Queen Lili'uokalani was the final monarch of the Hawai'ian islands. Lydia Ka'onohiponiponiokalani Aholo was the adopted (hānai) child of Queen Lili'uokalani. Alfred Aholo Apaka Sr. was the father of famous American entertainer Alfred Aholo Apaka Jr.

Finely hand carved, most likely from kou wood, with high sides and thin walls and exquisite natural dark brown and honey brown marbleized color; an indigenous rectangular repair at the bottom; the surface with original kukui nut oil.