Bowl – apira

Maker
Waataro
Description
Apira gauna – ya. Made especially for the art market. Santa Catalina is more innovative in art than Santa Ana because it has less traditional forms surviving from which carvers can copy and base their art.
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Media/Materials
Wood coated with traditional lacquer composed of charcoal mixed with resin. Nautilus shell inlay.
Measurements
204 x 635 x 160mm - HxWxD
Production place
Santa Catalina, Solomon Islands
Collection
Mead Collection/Solomon Island/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1973/49/48

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