Modern encounters with the past
OAS Journal | Volume 28 Issue 2
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This giant food bowl is known as “ko’oka” in the Marquesas Islands.
Food was usually cooked in the earth oven (umu) and served in a variety of bowls made of wood, coconut shell or gourd.
The underside of this bowl is decorated with geometric motifs and multiple tiki figures. The inside has a superb shiny brown patina.
This relates to ancient carving traditions in the Marquesas
The first mention of decorative work on bowls was indeed made by Fleurieu, who visited the archipelago in 1791 and later by Langsdorff in 1804.
As noted by British scholar Julian Harding, “Early wood food bowls such as this are very rare. The Hooper collection contained only one example (no.397; Phelps Plate 48), compared with 24 Marquesas clubs (u’u) in this collection.
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Large bowl
Marquesas Islands
Early 20th century
Carved wood
Diameter: 27 in. – 68.5cm
Provenance:
Ex Sotheby’s Melbourne, 15-16 November, 2005, lot 24
Published:
Paris Tribal, 2023
SOLD
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