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Rare 19th Century Kou w/Lid Poi Container
Rare 19th Century Kou w/Lid Poi Container
Rare 19th Century Kou w/Lid Poi Container
Rare 19th Century Kou w/Lid Poi Container

Rare 19th Century Kou w/Lid Poi Container

$ 3168

Availability: 99 in stock
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Condition: Used
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Restocking Fee: No

    Description

    Rare 19th century Kou wood serving container
    Inside for Kukui Nut Relish
    Coloring is rich dark brown with wavy medium dark and light grain lines throughout
    Measures 14" x 4" inside 5" x 3"
    From a private collection in Maui
    "Although the kou apparently had some medicinal qualities, and its bright yellow-orange flowers, available most of the year, were popular as leis, it was the wood that gave this tree its great worth. It was from the wood of this tree that the great majority of traditional Hawaiian wooden bowls were carved.
    Kou has a rich, dark brown heartwood with darker streaks and no discernible annual growth rings. Bowls were carved from the heartwood closest to the sapwood, and as an added design element the yellow sapwood was carefully incorporated as decoration against the dark heartwood for dramatic contrast,"
    Irving Jenkins' The Hawaiian Calabash, Editions, Ltd., Honolulu, 1989, p.73-74
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