Ipu Ehi" coconut food bowl, globular shape, engraved with st - Lot 359

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Ipu Ehi" coconut food bowl, globular shape, engraved with st - Lot 359
Ipu Ehi" coconut food bowl, globular shape, engraved with stylized faces with large eyes and symbolic geometric motifs borrowed from tattoos. Chips, traces of woodworm. Based on the presence of ornamentation on the body, this would be a late 19th/early 20th century bowl. Dim. 15 x 13 cm. Marquesas Islands Ref. Arts et Cultures N°1, Barbier-Muller, p. 138. Private collection.
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