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THBPre-Contact Hawaiian Pumice Paint Pot and Wood Brush
Lot 310
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Polynesia, Hawaii, pre-European contact period, ca. 15th to 17th century CE. A fascinating pair of artifacts, a highly porous piece of pumice carved into a shell-shaped paint pot with a low, raised edge, and a wooden paintbrush, its wider end still colored with dark, ancient pigment. The brush would have once had a root of the pandanus tree attached to it to form the actual brush end. Ancient Hawaiians had a long history of painting - stencils for decorating fabric or human skin, embellishing pottery, and giving canoes a protective coat of black paint made from 'akoko (Euphorbia spp.), inner bark of kukui root, juice of mai'a (banana) buds, and charcoal of hala leaves. Indeed, painting kits like this one were part of a master canoe maker's toolkit. They are displayed together on a custom stand. Size of pot: 8.5" W x 6.25" H (21.6 cm x 15.9 cm); size of brush: 9.75" L (24.8 cm)
Provenance: ex-Tam Sing collection, Hawaii, USA, 2002
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#151109Both items are weathered commensurate with age and handling. The pot has some small chips to its edges and the wooden brush is cracked in places, though not in danger of breaking apart. Both forms are nicely preserved. The brush has a rich patina including some dark colored pigment on one end. Small areas of pigment deposits in the interior of the bowl, notably on one side.Condition
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