Wide Bowl, Hawaiian Islands
Wide Bowl, Hawaiian Islands
'umeke la'au
Wood (probably kou)
diameter 12 1/2in (31.7cm)
Provenance
Private Collection, Kahala, Oahu
Bonhams, Los Angeles, 11 May 2016, Lot 79
Canadian Private Collection
Finely hand carved from the crotch of the sapwood tree giving it a "marbled" honey-brown and dark-brown outer surface, of deeply hollowed form with thick walls and rib on the outer edge below the top edge; multiple indigenous wood butterfly patch (pewa) and zig-zag (kepakepa) repairs throughout the outer surface, the interior with breadfruit gum (kepau) adhesive repairs.
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Wide Bowl, Hawaiian Islands
'umeke la'au
Wood (probably kou)
diameter 12 1/2in (31.7cm)
Provenance
Private Collection, Kahala, Oahu
Bonhams, Los Angeles, 11 May 2016, Lot 79
Canadian Private Collection
Finely hand carved from the crotch of the sapwood tree giving it a "marbled" honey-brown and dark-brown outer surface, of deeply hollowed form with thick walls and rib on the outer edge below the top edge; multiple indigenous wood butterfly patch (pewa) and zig-zag (kepakepa) repairs throughout the outer surface, the interior with breadfruit gum (kepau) adhesive repairs.
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