Carved Coconut Bowl (ipu ehi), Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands, Charles Seigel

Description

Contemporary coconut bowl (food container - ipu ehi) from the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.  Detailed carvings, painted, and pyro engraved; measures 7 inches (18cm) in diameter at widest point, and 5 1/2 inches (14cm) in height.  Not signed, we attribute this piece to artist Charles Seigel, who worked in Omoa on Fatu Hiva (Fatuiva), Marquesas Islands.  Examples of Charles Seigel's works, for comparison, can be seen in the References identified below.  In excellent condition, the yarn-wound display ring is included.
References:
Burke Museum, Seattle, Washington - carved coconut by Charles Seigel, object # 1999-83/5
"Adorning the World, Art of the Marquesas Islands", The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Figure 19, "Carvings by contemporary Marquesan artists... ipu ehi (coconut bowl) by Charles Seigel..."
"Pacific Art: Persistence, Change, and Meaning", Part 5: "Negotiating Change in Contemporary Pacific Art" - reference to Charles Seigel's work at Omoa, Fatu Hiva, with Figure 28.11 a picture of a carved coconut by Seigel.
"Mata Hoata  Arts et societe aux iles Marquises", Exposition in 2016, includes a carved coconut by Seigel, 1997.
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