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The food bowl from the Solomon Islands is made of blackened wood
and has been inlaid with haliotis shell. Because of the way it reflects
light, haliotis shell has been used all over the world to decorate
different kinds of objects. The vessel has been shaped into the
form of a frigate-bird, or man-o'-war. It was made some time before
1890.
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database record 1920.100.432
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