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THBTraditional Hawaiian Coconut Palm Frond Basket by Okuma
Lot 31a
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Artemis Fine Arts
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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Featuring works of art from the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a non-profit focused on promoting Indigenous Arts globally. All proceeds from the sale of these items will support future grants to Rehoming Program participants. Artemis Fine Arts info@artemisfinearts.com
Featuring works of art from the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a non-profit focused on promoting Indigenous Arts globally. All proceeds from the sale of these items will support future grants to Rehoming Program participants. Artemis Fine Arts info@artemisfinearts.com
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Glenn Okuma (Hawaiian, ca. 20th century) ca. 1999 CE. A beautifully woven Hawaiian basket and small ball made from coconut palm fronds by Japanese-Hawaiian artist Glenn Okuma, reflecting the traditional gathering basket form rooted in local craft practices. The design features a tightly spiraled base and braided handle. Coconut fronds and pandanus leaves have long been used across Polynesia to create essential woven items - from mats and hats to food platters and baskets - central to daily and ceremonial life. Known as the Tree of Life, the coconut palm has sustained generations with its food, fiber, and water, its seeds spreading across the Pacific alongside Polynesian voyagers. Okuma was active in the 1990s, selling his wares under the name "Coconut Trader," and this basket was purchased directly from Okuma in 1999. Signed and dated on the interior rim. Size: 16" Diameter x 8" H (40.6 cm x 20.3 cm)
Ralph T. Coe personally collected this basket from the artist and recalled: "Passing by the Kilauea Park headquarters area by the Jaggar Museum under the covered porch a basket maker with a basket almost finished between his knees was ensconced in a chair under the shade. I started up a conversation with him and he bade me to sit down in the adjoin rattan chair. After pleasantries, he explained that he was part Japanese and part Hawaiian and loved to make pandanus frond baskets. We discussed the affairs of state and after a couple of hours he had finished the basket, and I bought it out of his hands."
Provenance: Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA; ex-Ralph T. Coe personal collection, acquired from the artist Glenn Okuma, in 1999.
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#196426Intact and excellent. Signed and dated on the interior of the rim.Condition
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