Solomon Islands Bowl — TAD Tribal Art

Ceremonial Bowl

Solomon Islands, d. late 19th c.

Carved wood with pigment and mother of pearl

Ex–Siskiyou County Museum, gift of Alex Rosborough, collected late 19th c. by Alex M. Rosborough

15.75” l x 5” w (40.01 x 12.7 cm)

Price: $2,800

Deaccessioned from a California state museum collection. Collected by US Indian agent Alex M. Rosborough in the late 19th century. For similar examples, vide Sotheby’s (1995, lot 285) and Christie’s (2004, lot 63).

REFERENCES

Art Africain, Oceanien et Precolombien, Monday 14 June 2004, Christie’s

(Paris, 2004), lot 63.

Important Tribal Art, Monday 14 November 1995, Sotheby’s (New York,

1995), lot 285.

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