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    Important Tribal Art

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    22 November 1996

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    Lot 191

    A HERMIT ISLANDS BOWL

    Price realised

    USD 748

    Estimate

    USD 600 - USD 800

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    A HERMIT ISLANDS BOWL
    Of slightly tapered cylindrical form, the two rectangular handles with pierced rectangles and triangles with notched borders, notched bands about the rim, dark patina
    9½in. (24cm.) long

    Provenance

    Stan Moriarty, Sydney

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    Lot Essay

    A similar example is in the Fuller collection at the Field Museum, Chicago (see Force and Force, 1971, p.289, no. 276586.)

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