Superb Pre Contact Calabash or Umeke
Hand Carved
Kou wood
18th century
Height 6 1/2" Diameter 10 1/2"
Provenance: Private collection, Honolulu HI
In forty years of handling Hawaiian bowls (over 300 and counting), this is in the top five percent of the finest umeke that I have handled. A individual poi bowl retaining the original kukui nut oil finish, it has numerous native repairs including kepakepa, kiki etc. A masterpiece from ancient Hawaii and un improvable for the type, it has been carefully crafted from the sap wood of the tree.
Hand Carved
Kou wood
18th century
Height 6 1/2" Diameter 10 1/2"
Provenance: Private collection, Honolulu HI
In forty years of handling Hawaiian bowls (over 300 and counting), this is in the top five percent of the finest umeke that I have handled. A individual poi bowl retaining the original kukui nut oil finish, it has numerous native repairs including kepakepa, kiki etc. A masterpiece from ancient Hawaii and un improvable for the type, it has been carefully crafted from the sap wood of the tree.
Hand Carved
Kou wood
18th century
Height 6 1/2" Diameter 10 1/2"
Provenance: Private collection, Honolulu HI
In forty years of handling Hawaiian bowls (over 300 and counting), this is in the top five percent of the finest umeke that I have handled. A individual poi bowl retaining the original kukui nut oil finish, it has numerous native repairs including kepakepa, kiki etc. A masterpiece from ancient Hawaii and un improvable for the type, it has been carefully crafted from the sap wood of the tree.