Worlds within Worlds | Works from the Collection of Peter Petrou
Worlds within Worlds | Works from the Collection of Peter Petrou
Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Nukuoro Atoll, circa 1900 | Coconut Grating Stool
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September 21, 03:22 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Caroline Islands, Micronesia
Nukuoro Atoll, circa 1900
Coconut Grating Stool
carved hardwood
53.5cm. high, 69cm. wide, 35.25cm deep; 21in. by 27in. by 13 ¾ in.
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English Private Collection;
With Kevin Conru;
French Private Collection.
With Kevin Conru;
French Private Collection.
Edward Dodd, Polynesian Art, pub. Robert Hale & Company; London, 1969;
Arts of the South Seas, The Collections of the Musee Barbier, Mueller pub., Preste, 1999.
Arts of the South Seas, The Collections of the Musee Barbier, Mueller pub., Preste, 1999.
The anthropomorphic coconut stools were used on the tiny atoll of Nukuoro to assist in the preparation of coconuts; the stool was straddled and the flesh of the nut was shredded using a sharpened shell which was bound to the 'head' of the the stool.