A FINE AND RARE HAWAII GOURD BOTTLE, of spherical form with long cylindrical neck, the body decorated with panels of horizontal notched bands, a triangular panel below the neck with bands of triangles, wood stopper, glossy patina, from Niihau, 18th or early 19th century

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A FINE AND RARE HAWAII GOURD BOTTLE, of spherical form with long cylindrical neck, the body decorated with panels of horizontal notched bands, a triangular panel below the neck with bands of triangles, wood stopper, glossy patina, from Niihau, 18th or early 19th century
40cm. high (2)

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Sold with a copy of Gourd Growers of the South Seas by Ernest Dodge, Boston, 1943

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