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an old wooden bowl sitting on top of a wooden standan image of a wooden bowl on a stand on a white backgrounda brown turtle shaped object on a white surfacea wooden shield with four wooden poles attached to it
Rossini

137 - Zoomorphic kava bowl, Fiji Islands, Polynesia
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Estimate €1,200 - €1,500
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Description
Zoomorphic kava bowl, Fiji Islands, Polynesia Wood approx. 54.5 x 71 x 16.5 cm. The elegant shape of this bowl represents a 19th-century evolution of the famous turtle-shaped vessels known as darivonu, traditionally associated with the consumption of kava (yaqona). It differs from these, however, in that it features a rim and feet. This type of bowl could have been used to serve food or, more informally, for drinking kava. A comparable example is held at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge (inv. D 1897.34). A similar four-legged bowl, acquired in Apia in 1895 by Augustin Krämer, is also considered to be of Fijian origin.
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About the sale CLASSICAL ART, Asian collection, antique paintings & works of art
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Auction time 11/04/2026 at 2:00 PM
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