A fine Tami Island bowl, in the form of a bird, this fine old and well used bowl is of oval form, the back and sides forming the wings and tail of the bird. The well carved bird head finial has a fish or animal in its beak. Provenance: Francis Edgar Williams (1893-1953) Williams was the assistant Government Anthropologist in Papua in 1922-24 & a keen collector of Ethnography. 58 x 23 cm