Solomon Island Food Bowl with Mother of Pearl
Solomon Island Food Bowl with Mother of Pearl

Solomon Island Food Bowl with Mother of Pearl

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San Cristobal, Solomon Islands, Early to mid. 20th century AD

Elongated canoe shape bowl, with standing anthropomorphic figures on the ends riding upon a horizontal projecting shark, and supporting a bonito fish above, inlaid with cut mother-of-pearl shell. Larger with reattached finials and pedestal base, light loss at fish snout. Matte patina. Bonito fish were sacred to the Solomon Islands people, initiates were trained to catch the predatory fish, and the first sightings began a series of rituals for the society, a high-ranking group of men and boys that offered the bowls filled with offerings to the spirits. Size: 22-1/2 inches L. x 7 inches H.
See Waite, D. “Art of the Solomon Islands” 1983.
Provenance:    Collection of Ilene and Jerry Liebowitz. Ex. Jerome Gould collection, LA., 1990’s.

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