An ipu ehi coconut vessel with engraved decoration. - Lot 114

An ipu ehi coconut vessel with engraved decoration. We reproduce here in full Jean Roudillon's listing in his second sale, after the historic one of December 4-5, 1961 at Hôtel Drouot with Maurice Rheims, of another part of the Voyage de la Korrigane collections on Monday May 31, 2010 in Rennes at Bretagne Enchères: "Lot 47. An engraved and polished coconut vessel, decorated with faces and splintered elements of the tiki also found on tattoos that sometimes covered the entire body. Used to store water or liquid foods. Various cracks. Marquesas Islands Height 12.5 cm - Diameter of opening 8 cm Private collection, not listed in the Musée de l'Homme Similar to no. 1, p. 86 of the catalog "Le voyage de la Korrigane dans les mers du sud", Musée de l'Homme Editions Hazan, Paris 2001". In addition, our ipu ehi vessel is incredibly similar to another engraved coconut vessel of the same type, with strictly the same iconography and style. Exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum in New York as part of the exhibition Adorning The World - Art of the Marquesas Islands (reproduced no. 75 p. 108 and 109), it is said to have been collected by the famous Captain David Porter (commander of the frigate USS Essex), who settled on the island of Nuku Iva in 1813 to, among other things, repair damage, and even attempted to take possession of the island on behalf of the United States. The "korrigans", as they liked to call themselves, were also on the island of Nuku Iva, but between September 1 and 8, 1934, over a century later. In any case, these two vessels are certainly not "curios" or objects intended for passing sailors, but real artifacts bearing witness to the very rare arts originating from the Marquesas Islands. Marquesas Islands Coconut, cracked, broken-glued (original piece), minor trace of glue, small chip, an old label inside indicating GV and another label lot 47 of the aforementioned sale. H. 12.5 cm and D. 15.5 cm See: p. 108 & 109 n° 75 for another similar ipu ehi vessel from the Blackburn collection in Adorning The World, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ed. TMMOA & Yale University Press New York 2005 See: p. 287 n° 85 for the same aforementioned ipu ehi vessel in Polynesia The Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesain Art, Adrienne L. Kaeppler, Ed. M. & C. Blackburn 2010 See: p. 72 to 77 for the voyage calendar in Le Voyage de la Korrigane dans les mers du Sud, Musée de l'Homme, Ed. Hazan Paris 2001 Provenance : - Collected during the Voyage de La Korrigane (between August 20 and September 7, 1934) - Bretagne Enchères sale, May 31st 2010, lot 47 - Jean Roudillon Collection Exhibition and publication : Sale Bretagne Enchères in Rennes from May 28 to 31, 2010, reproduced on p. 8 lot 47 of the catalog.