Big food bowl
Admiralitätsinseln
wood, blackish brown patina, encrusted underside, of deeply hollowed, circular form, traces of use and abrasion on the inside, encrusted patina at the bottom, on four legs, grooved at the rim, with ornaments in relief, carved «ALUI», slightly dam., crack, missing part (rim), place of repair
D: 46 cm, coll. about 1940 (4735/007)

Provenance:
Michael Auliso, San Francisco, USA

Lit.: Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. II, Köln 1995, p. 336