19th C. Hawaiian Wood Figural Bowl (for Consuming Kava)

**Originally Listed At $750** North America, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A well-aged personal bowl, hand-carved from lightweight wood, used for consuming a psychoactive beverage called "kav

**First Time At Auction** North Pacific, Hawaii, ca. late 19th century CE. A beautiful bowl, skillfully hand-carved from wood of the flowering Acacia Koa tree. Interestingly, in the Hawaiian language,

Hawaiian Islands, 19th century. An incredibly gorgeous early Poi bowl! Made of koa wood, showing remarkable patina, and graining. This example is earlier than most examples that find their way on the

**First Time At Auction** North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. late 19th century CE. A beautiful kou wood bowl that rests on a rounded, thick base, with walls that flare upward and gradually narrow to

North Pacific, Hawaii, ca. late 19th century CE. A beautiful bowl made from milo wood, a species native to Hawaii, with its exterior and interior polished to a high sheen. The bowl bulges out at its w

North Pacific, Hawaii, ca. 19th century CE. A wonderful hand-carved mango wood bowl presenting a planar base and smooth walls that curve gently inward to an annular rim. The form is nicely complemente

**First Time At Auction** New World, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 1880s. A beautiful bowl skillfully carved from milo wood, a species native to Hawaii, with its exterior and interior polished to a high sheen

**First Time At Auction** North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A beautiful and sizable serving vessel hand-carved from richly-grained kou wood known as an umeke (also umeke la'au paka

North Pacific, Hawaii, ca. 19th century CE. A magnificent calabash bowl, hand-carved from Kou wood to display a flat base and smooth walls that slant gently inwards to a circular rim. Note the warm gl

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Maui, Wailuku, ca. late 19th century CE. A hand-carved bowl made from richly-grained kou wood known as an umeke (also umeke la'au pakaka). This wood has a warm luster

**First Time At Auction** North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. late 19th century to early 20th century CE. A beautiful example of a kou wood calabash - a serving bowl named after a gourd and made from

**First Time At Auction** Polynesia, Hawaii, ca. late 19th century CE. A lovely, well-preserved wooden calabash - a serving bowl named for the gourd that it resembles, though it is made from kou, a be

**First Time At Auction** North Pacific, Hawaii, ca. late 19th century CE. A beautiful bowl, skillfully hand-carved from wood of the flowering Acacia Koa tree. Interestingly, in the Hawaiian language,

**First Time At Auction** North Pacific, Hawaii, ca. 1880 to 1890 CE. A gorgeous calabash bowl, hand-carved from Kou wood to display a round base and thin walls that slant gently inwards to a circular

Large Hawaiian Koa wood poi bowl. Rich rum patina and figured grain. With indigenous butterfly mends (2 butterfly plugs missing at the bottom). 19th C. Height: Approx. 14 inches. Diameter: Approx. 14

**First Time At Auction** North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 1860s to 1880s CE. A fine, hand-carved milo wood bowl presenting with a heavy, circular base and smooth walls that rise and curve gently

New World, Hawaiian Islands, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A large and beautiful bowl, hand-carved from a wavy-grained acacia wood, with a rounded base, a slightly curved rim, and an integra

10" ht. x 11" diam. A fine and large 19th century Hawaiian koa wood poi bowl, thinly carved and with irregularly carved rim.ÿ In a lustrous and varied surface, with numerous repairs (a sign of resp

**Originally Listed At $450** North Pacific, Hawaii, ca. late 19th century CE. A fabulous calabash bowl, hand-carved from the wood of a kou tree. Boasting a lustrous burnish, the gorgeous vessel prese

South Pacific, Hawaii, 19th century CE. A beautiful example of a wooden calabash - a serving bowl named for the gourd that it resembles, though it is made from inherently beautiful Hawaiian hardwood.

**First Time At Auction** North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A marvelous and massive meat serving platter of rectangular form with rounded shorter sides and a shallow bowl, intended

South Pacific, Hawaii, ca. late 18th to early 19th century CE. A beautiful example of a kou wood calabash - a serving bowl named for a gourd and made from hardwood in Hawaii. The interior is smooth an

**Originally Listed At $2000** Polynesia, Fiji, ca. 19th century CE. An enormous wooden kava vessel carved in the form of a sea turtle. The deep circular bowl is supported by six integral legs. Large

Monumental 19th c. Kou Calabash Bowl, in circular hollowed form, with beautiful graining and rich patina, multiple early repairs including butterfly mends, unfinished dry interior, 5 1/2" high, 23" di