Art
Decorated Gourd
- Item Number
- 185
- Estimated Value
- 300 USD
- Sold
- 130 USD to jacole
- Number of Bids
- 3 - Bid History
Item Description
Measurements: 13 inches tall 7 1/8 inches wide
This gourd is decorated with a technique invented on the island of Niihau and was dyed from the interior.
This gourd was dyed using the Niihau method of ipu decoration (Umeke Pawehe). Artist Michael Harburg decorates these gourds in a method that was used in old Hawaii on the island of Niihau. These "decorated gourds" were made for their own use, as a trade item to the other islands, and in the late 1800s as souvenirs for the visiting sailors. At the end of the 19th Century, the knowledge of this method was lost with the demise of artisans of Niihau. In museums, the surviving specimens are lebeled as "dyed by an unknown method." Around 1990 a medical doctor name Bruce Kaimiloa Chrisman, from the Hamakua coast of Hawaii, rediscovered the ancient Hawaiian's technique that was used to create these amazing gourds. Michael met Bruce in 1997 who told him the basics of this method; by trial and error and persistence he has mastered this unique art form.
See "The Tattooed Gourds of Hawaii" on YouTube.
Item Special Note
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Donated By:
Michael Harburg
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