Polynesian Austral Islands Stone Carved Shallow Leaf Shaped Dish ‘Umete’

A Fine and Rare Polynesian Austral Islands Stone Carved Shallow Leaf Shaped Dish ‘Umete’ with a raised lug to one end
Tamanu ‘Collophyllum Inophyllum’ Wood
Glossy smooth honey coloured brown patina
18th Century

Size: 76cm long, 35cm wide, 8cm high - 30 ins long, 13¼ ins wide, 3 ins high

Provenance:
Ex English Private collection

cf: Oldman Collection 1943 Plate 24, no. 454 and another similar sold in Drouot, Paris, December 9th 1989 Lot 85