Fish-shaped Shell-inlaid Feast Bowl
Solomon Islands, late 19th c.
Carved wood with mother of pearl inlay
Ex–Joseph Salamanca collection
L: 27.25” W: 9” D: 1”
SOLD
REFERENCES
Phelps, Steven. Art and Artefacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas:
The James Hooper Collection. London: Hutchinson, 1975, p. 247, pl. 142.
Condition report: The piece has an old crack running the length of the bowl. Traces of varnish.