**Originally Listed At $250**

Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. late 20th century CE, signed "Dan Kurtz." A hand-carved coconut shell cup of a spherical form bearing smooth, sanded exterior and interior surfaces. Beneath the coconut body is a lathe-turned koa wood pedestal foot engraved on the bottom with "Koa & Coconut" as well as "Dan Kurtz." The top rim of the coconut is topped with a koa wood lid with a discoid body centered by a conical, openwork handle. Size (w/ lid): 5.3" W x 7.875" H (13.5 cm x 20 cm)

Provenance: private Newport Beach, California, USA collection, bought in the 1980s in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

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#148589

Very light abrasions to coconut body, lid, and foot, otherwise intact and excellent. Great smooth surfaces throughout. Inscribed signature beneath foot is still legible.