STUNNING 1 OF A KIND HAND CARVED KWILA WOOD MUSEUM MASTERPIECE SERVING PLATTER DISH BOWL WITH MOTHER OF PEARL INSERTS & DELICATE LACY BORDERS RENOWNED TRIBAL SCULPTOR TROBRIAND ISLANDS MELANESIA SOUTH PACIFIC COLLECTOR DESIGNER 2A102 19.5 x 9"x 2.75"
Remote Trobriand Islands Melanesia, Massim Region South Pacific Oceanic Art, Created by the Very Primitive Kula Tribe. Hand Carved Wood Bowl/Dish/Platter. Made from One Solid Piece of Kwila Wood, with Delicate Lacy Carvings and Mother of Pearl Inlays
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SIZE: 19.5"L x 9"W x 2.75"DEPTH
Item: 2A102
AUTHENTIC COLLECTOR ITEM
This blond kwila wood bowl, hand carved by the Kula Tribe, has motifs of ocean waves on the edges (a recurrent motif from there, as they are surrounded by ocean, living in small islands). Hand crafted in the Trobriand Islands, Melanesia (remote Massim region) is very hard to collect from this very isolated group of islands northeast of Papua new Guinea.
The little circles of pearl shell are glued with natural gum glues or sap obtained from trees after an insert is first created to fit them, collected in the isolated Trobriand islands.
WE RECENTLY CLOSED OUR GALLERY AND ARE NOW LIQUIDATING. THEREFORE, WE HAVE DRASTICALLY REDUCED OUR ORIGINAL GALLERY PRICES. WE HAVE SOLD PIECES TO MUSEUMS, DECORATORS, COLLECTORS ETC