Lot 214
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A SOLOMON ISLANDS OVAL BOWL, carved as a frigate bird, the head an tail forming the handles, the wings partially carved in low relief, the bird elements with fretted pearl-shell inlay, blackened patina, minor damages, 19th century

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A SOLOMON ISLANDS OVAL BOWL, carved as a frigate bird, the head an tail forming the handles, the wings partially carved in low relief, the bird elements with fretted pearl-shell inlay, blackened patina, minor damages, 19th century
84cm. long
Provenance
The Rev. Dr. Henry Welchman (1850-1908)

Lot Essay

Welchman was a medical practioner in Lichfield who joined the Malanesian Mission in 1888, and was ordained in 1892. He was particularly identified with Bugotu (Solomon Islands) where he died of fever in 1909

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