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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Timed Online Auction | Tribal & Oceanic Art
• Sale Date:
  28 Aug 2023 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  9096
• Lot Description:
  A Fine Old Solomon's Islands Offering Bowl, Santa Catalina Island near Makira Island
  this elegant shaped bowl in the form of a Frigate Bird was carved from hardwood and has fine shell inlay decoration. Ancestral Offering Bowls like this were kept in the sacred Canoe House were food was left for the ancestors.
  53 x 25cm {Tall]
• Provenance:
  The Todd Barlin Collection of New Guinea Oceanic Art.
• Notes:
  Birds motifs are often used in Solomon Islands art, frigate birds are very important to the lives of Solomon Islanders. When watching the ocean, they can see when frigate birds are hunting small baitfish by circling and diving in the water, where there are small baitfish large Tuna follow. Tuna is one of the most important fishes for food in the Solomon Islands.
• Estimate:
  A$300 - 500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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