Lot 490
490
TWO SAMOAN LIDDED CONTAINERS; one with square platform base supporting angled and straight square elements under oval box vessel, surface inlaid with pearl-shell in triangular and tapered oval patterns, lid fits snuggly on rim; the second, a bucket of cylindrical form with raised lip, two flanged handles and circular lid with top flange, handles and top element pierced and threaded with braided fiber rope-the first, 12¾in. (32.3cm.) high; the second, 9½in. (49.4cm.) high (2)

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TWO SAMOAN LIDDED CONTAINERS; one with square platform base supporting angled and straight square elements under oval box vessel, surface inlaid with pearl-shell in triangular and tapered oval patterns, lid fits snuggly on rim; the second, a bucket of cylindrical form with raised lip, two flanged handles and circular lid with top flange, handles and top element pierced and threaded with braided fiber rope-the first, 12¾in. (32.3cm.) high; the second, 9½in. (49.4cm.) high (2)