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Maori & Pacific Artefacts — Dunbar Sloane Ltd.

Auction House:Dunbar Sloane Ltd.Number of lots recorded:171
Sale Title:Maori & Pacific ArtefactsLots with images:153
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:134
Date:19-Jun-2013
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A rare contact period fish hook (matau). Beautifully carved full body and prolonged shank limb with serrated bone point. Lashed snood and line. Provenance: Ex Webster collection. Width 12 cm
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An 18th/19th century bronze fish hook, the recurved piece made of copper alloy, probably a bronze ship nail. Point has two external barbs and one internal. Partially lashed snood and line. Provenance: Purchased from a Christchurch antiques shop in the 1950s. Length 7.5 cm. Width 6 cm
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A whalebone one-piece 'U' shaped fish hook (matau) length 3.5 cm
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A 19th century trolling fish hook (pa kahawai), with a paua shell body supported on an iron/wire frame which has been bent to form a slightly barbed hook point. Lashed snood, no line. Provenance: Obtained in Southland in the 1950s. Length 10 cm. Width 1.7 cm
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A contact period Maori trolling fish hook (pa kahawai). Fully lashed with paua laminate to incurve. Bone point. Plaited muka line. Length 9 cm
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A contact period Maori trolling fishhook (pa kahawai). Fully lashed with paua laminate to incurve. Bone point. Plaited muka line. Length 8.7 cm
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A 19th century trolling fishhook (pa kahawai), with paua shell laminate to incurve. Bone point. Lashed muka snood and line. Provenance: in one family since the 1880s. collection begun in 1883 in Dunedin through connections with local Maori. Length 10.3 cm
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A contact period Maori trolling fishhook (pa kahawai), with paua laminate to incurve. Bone point with pronounced barb. Lashed snood and line. Length 11 cm
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A magnificent early 18th century greenstone tiki, of truly exceptional size and quality. Carved for a great Maori chief. Stone carved, carver unknown, tribe or iwi unknown. Red wax eyes added sometime after Captain Cook's arrival. One of the great tikis in the world. Only the odd European collector or Museum would have a tiki of equal importance. The vendor's family have had it for at least 100 years. The vendor's great-grandfather was a major builder who built colonial buildings all over the North Island…
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A beautiful small contact period greenstone tiki, of good colour and condition. Length 6.2 cm. Width 4.2 cm
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A late 18th century greenstone pendant, with excellent hourglass hole. Good heavy weight. Length 14.5 cm
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A small 19th century greenstone tiki, of a slightly translucent greenstone. Red wax seal eyes, half of wax missing in one eye. Gold ring through suspension hole. Length 7.5 cm. Width 4.5 cm
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A very good late 18th century dark greenstone tiki. Has two wear holes on top of head that have broken and worn through (a good sign of age). height 11.5 cm. Width 5 cm
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A 19th century greenstone tiki, of good, even colour, with paua shell eyes and hourglass hole. The paua shell has a slight serrated edge. height 11 cm. Width 6.5 cm
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A good quality 19th century greenstone tiki, with hourglass hole and red wax eyes. Length 10 cm. Width 6 cm
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A late 18th century greenstone tiki, of lovely proportion and even colour. Two wear holes on back, bridge broken. height 7.5 cm. Width 4.5 cm
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A superb late 18th century greenstone tiki, with two wear holes behind the head. Length 7.5 cm. Width 4 cm
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A contact period Maori greenstone ear pendant (kuru), of Kahurangi nephrite. Rounded pointed form with flared suspension hole. Provenance: Ex Webster collection, 35. Length 7.5 cm
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A pre-contact period Maori greenstone ear pendant (kuru), of Kawakawa nephrite with prominently flared suspension hole. Length 6.5 cm
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An early 19th century greenstone Pekapeka, with red wax eyes. Named 'Te Waitarewa.' suspended from woven neck cord and bone toggle with serrated edge. Length 4.2 cm. Width 5.5 cm
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A contact period Maori ceremonial adze (toki Poutangata). Slim, slightly tanged and with single hourglass hole. Kawakawa type greenstone with brown-green inclusions. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Artefact Auction 1988 with reference to George Graham collection. Length 21.5 cm. Width 5.3 cm
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An excellent greenstone mere, with light inclusions and some black flecks throughout. Straight suspension hole and six carved ridges to butt. Provenance: Purchased in Kapiti in 1970 and previously from Taranaki
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A fine 18th century greenstone mere. Dark green with a little pale mottling and some black flecks. Classic form with five ridges on handle end above hole for thong attachment. Fine edged blade has some small chips. Kawakawa variety of nephrite. Lovely broad spatula form. Provenance: Purchased at Webb's in 2004, Lot 423. Previously purchased London 1955 ex Ken Webster by owner's father. Ex Webster collection No. 1516 (reputedly) from Ngato Porou, Wairoa. (Reputedly) used in 1870 Poverty Bay Massacre…
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A greenstone adze (toki), of quadrangular form with grooved lapidy scarfs. Length 15 cm. Width 3.7 cm
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A good quality 19th century Maori greenstone adze (toki), with wide sloping blade edge. No chips. Length 11 cm. Width 6.5 cm
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A 19th century greenstone adze (toki), has a good cutting blade in overall good condition. Good overall dark colour. Length 11 cm. Width 6.5 cm
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A 19th century small greenstone adze (toki), of light green colour. Fine chisel work with grooves for lashing to a wooden haft handle. Length 9.5 cm. Width 3.8 cm
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A 19th century Maori greenstone adze (toki). Damaged cutting edge. Length 12 cm
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A Bowenite tiki. Damaged. Red wax seal eyes. Length 6.2 cm
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An excellent Maori whalebone hand club (kotiate). Manaia-type profile to the butt, with inset paua eyes. Two tone appearance with excellent patination. Hourglass suspension hole. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Artefact Auction 1991
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A superb early 19th century whalebone hand club (kotiate), with engraved human head to butt. Red wax in one of the eyes. Excellent patina. Length 31.5 cm. Width 16 cm
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A contact period Maori whalebone hand club (kotiate), of very good quality. C. 1870s. Tiki face carved into butt. Provenance: Ex Weymouth collection. Length 30 cm. Width 11 cm
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A fine contact period Maori whalebone club (patu paraoa), with five rings to the butt and good wear to the suspension hole. Length 41 cm. Width 9.5 cm
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An 18th century Maori whalebone club (patu paraoa), with rounded hole. In good condition. Sticker reads ‘Presented by Major C.W.H. Baile' of Manderston, DUNS.’, probably taken to England in the 19th century. Length 38 cm. Width 10 cm
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A rare Maori whalebone pendant (Rei), of rounded and curved form. Some tiny faults. Provenance: Ex Webster collection, 628. Bought Dunbar Sloane Auckland, 2002. Length 12 cm
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A Maori bone pendant (Rei). Hollow inside. Length 7.6 cm
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A 19th century Maori bone hei tiki. Highly polished with hourglass hole. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Wellington 2008. Length 8 cm. Width 4.8 cm
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An early contact period Maori whalebone cloak pin (Rei Puta) Provenance: Ex Webster collection. Length 18 cm
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A 20th century Hockey stick-shaped whalebone pendant. No drill hole. Length 19 cm
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A superb whalebone pendant (rei), with hourglass hole, carving to top and a paua inlay. Length 19.5 cm
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An early 19th century carved whalebone pendant (Rei). In excellent condition with elaborate carving to top. Length 16 cm
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A rare early Maori curved whalebone pendant (Rei), with carved ridges above the midsection. Provenance: Ex Webster collection, 629. Length 11 cm
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A 20th century carved bone spear head. Length 10.5 cm
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An early 19th century whalebone pendant (Rei), with broken hourglass hole. Length 4.5 cm
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A Maori whalebone hand club (patu paraoa), with 10 radial notches to the butt. Well defined reduced grip, flares out to the blade. Straight sided suspension hole. Length 38 cm. Width 10.5 cm
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A Maori whalebone hand club (patu paraoa), with porous surface and rounded suspension hole. Five ridges to butt. Length 33 cm. Width 10 cm
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A Maori whalebone hand club (patu Pararoa). Large flared profile with staining and blotchy appearance, possibly from swamp immersion. Blade narrowing to grip with flared butt. Straight sided suspension holes. Four minor chips to circumference of blade. Length 40 cm. Width 14 cm
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A late 18th century fishing hook point. Length 4.5 cm
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A superb kiwi feather kete, with double pair twining, plaited rim with two twined handles on each side, terminating in tassels. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Auckland, 2009. Length 16 cm. Width 23 cm
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A small kiwi feather kete, with beautiful blue iridescent feathers to trim and muka twining. Length 14 cm. Width 16 cm
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A Maori feather kete, of chicken and pheasant feathers with wool feathers. Provenance: Purchased at auction in the UK in 2011. Card accompanying the kete notes that it was presented to the then owner by Teresa Moses of Levin, in 1984
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Large important early 19th century Maori cloak (Korowai). Flax cloak with double pair twining of muka kaupapa, probably made for a great chief as the size is extremely large being 150 cm in length and 153 cm wide. Black hukahuka tags attached all over entire front surface. Some little deterioration at the top edge. A full report can be seen in the certificate of Examination. Professionally hung in a large black frame behind glass. Note: on his first voyage, Captain Cook arrived off the Gisbourne region.…
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A kiwi feather cloak (kahu kiwi), with double pair twining and red and purple coloured wool interwoven at top end. Multicoloured wool to bottom. Loss of feathers throughout. Black wool used to conserve fragile areas. Length 102.8 cm. Width 143.5 cm
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A Maori kiwi feather cloak (Korowai). Candlewick body and bias wefts. Tightly twisted black and brown dyed flax thrums. Kiwi and other white, red, and black feathers down both edges and across lower border. Braided lower edge. Length 109 cm. Width 110 cm
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Late 19th century fine flax Maori cloak (Korowai) with Touches of wool decoration. A traditional hand woven Maori cloak made of dressed phormium (New Zealand flax, Harakeke). The warp-whenu, and weft-aho, are worked in double finger pair twining - whatu aho rua. The cloak is adorned with black thrums - hukahuka over the main body - kaupapa. The side and lower borders are decorated with looped wools in red, blue, green and brown, in a block pattern. Also worked in a block pattern regularly spaced are wools…
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A Maori flax skirt (Piupiu), made of harakeke (flax), paru dye, brown, black and natural in colour. Braided across band at top of piupiu. Long plaited strands at each end. Knotted at bottom end of straps. Loose harakeke fallen from top braid. Length 45 cm. Width 86 cm
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A Maori flax skirt (Piupiu). Black, brown dye, natural harakeke (flax), long plaited ties on each end. Plaited (braided) at top end. Loose flax dyed at top from braided end on inside. Natural paru dye. Length 61 cm. Width 80 cm
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An exceptional quality 18th century Maori wooden God figure (Tekoteko). Stone carved all over (except back of head). Unknown iwi. Provenance: Discovered in Vancouver in a garage sale. Most likely taken to North America by a whaler or a sailor involved in the whaling trade. Many American whaling ships came down to the south Pacific and then returned to the North American coast to continue whaling. Length 43 cm. Width 10.4 cm
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A magnificent late 18th or early 19th century Maori wooden taiaha, in mint condition with 71 Maori dog hair tassels and rare extinct bird feathers. Carved head with paua shell serrated eyes. Provenance: The vendor's great uncle returned from World War I with the taiaha having found it amongst a ship's Captain's sea chest from the south Pacific. Length 173 cm
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A carved wooden hand club (wahaika), with a blade carved with whorl and curvilinear designs and with inlaid paua roundels; a figure to the side, the grip uncarved, the butt knob as a profile head. Length 36.5 cm. Width 30.5 cm
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A very rare late 18th century stone carved hand club (patuki), with triangular cross section. Highly carved all over in swirl pattern with eight paua shell inlays. Length 44 cm. Width 6.5 cm
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An early 18th century Maori wooden club (wahaika), of good quality and heavy weight. Figure on the side has paua shell eyes. Slight very old chip in the blade. Overall worn condition in keeping with its age. Length 36 cm
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An 18th century Maori wooden hand club (wahaika). Vendor purchased November 1981 ex Sotheby’s London: ‘Lot 240. A Maori wood hand club of traditional bill hook form.’ carved figure to incline and carved butt knob. Length 37 cm. Width 9.5 cm
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A fabulous 18th century pre-European early wooden hand club (wahaika), with a fine patina. Carved full figure to incurve and pierced and carved butt knob. Provenance: Ex Webster collection. Length 38 cm. Width 14 cm
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A 19th century Maori wooden hand club (wahaika). Carved all over in good style, good face to the butt. Length 38.5 cm. Width 20.5 cm
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An extremely rare historical contact period Maori wooden fighting staff (taiaha). This fine quality piece has original Maori dog hair tassels and native bird feathers around the throat. It also has a red army cloth which family believed May have come from James Carter's military uniform. Provenance: James Carter (born 1805 in Preston, England) enlisted in the 60th Regiment at the age of 16. His trade was weaving. He served seven years and 279 days in India. He was discharged in 1828 and married Mary…
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A late 18th century wooden carver's mallet, with carved wooden face with moko and wear marks to back (from use as a mallet). Also marked '4723.' length 29 cm
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A late 19th century Maori wooden hand club (wahaika), with carved tiki figure above handgrip and carved butt. Length 40 cm
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A contact period carved Maori treasure box (Wakahuia). Overall carving in spiral fashion with wide notches and flat bottom. Carved head at each end, one with tongue partly broken, both with paua inserts. Early paper tag to interior. Provenance: Purchased Dunbar Sloane Auckland 2003. Length 42 cm. Height 12 cm
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A superb stone carved wooden Tomahawk (toki-Akau-Poto), of trade steel blade with fully carved wood handle. Manaia profile on both sides. Provenance: Bought from Webb’s, 2008. Previously owned by one family since 1880s. Length 36 cm
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A contact period Maori Hafted adze (toki). Shaft with notch and grooved carved decoration. Greenstone tanged adze lashed to foot. Length (shaft) 34 cm. Length (adze) 11.9 cm
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A fighting tomahawk (tokikakaupoto), with trade iron axe head, the bone haft pierced with a squared hole at the butt end. Blade edge rusted and chipped. Length 30.5 cm
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A Maori Hafted adze (toki), with long curved handle and fine lashing. Length 60 cm
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A 19th century Maori wooden bird Snare (mutu), with a tiki figure and spiral carving at ends. In good overall condition. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Auckland, 2008. Length 36 cm
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A finely carved 19th century Maori tewhatewha. Carved with spirals, fern shapes, criss cross etc. Two paua shell inlays (80% carved) by a master carver. (good quality, Taranaki style). Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Auckland, 2005. Length 120 cm
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A wooden model of a Maori Meeting house, believed to be by Tom Heberley, who carved it for the Prime Minister Robert Stout (PM 1884-1887). Beautifully carved all over and sitting on a carved wooden table in the same style. All figures on table and model have paua inlay eyes. Needs a little restoration as there are some paint marks, mainly to the table. Meeting house: Height 50 cm. Width 45 cm. Depth 56 cm. Table: H. 85 cm. Width 47.5 cm. Depth 66 cm
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A carved wooden Maori Wakahuia (treasure box), of classic canoe shaped form with tikis to mid section and each end, probably carved by Tom Heberley. Paua shell inlay eyes. Length 46 cm
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A Maori tewhatewha, with fine patina. Pierced hole with bunch of feathers attached and carving toward bottom. Length 121 cm
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A contact period Maori tewhatewha, with a carved ridge nearer the point, the blade with an old wood split on top edge and a straight hole drilled at the bottom curved edge. Provenance: Purchased from Webb's, 2008. Prior to sale, was held in one family since 1880s. Length 111 cm
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An early 20th century long club (tewhatewha), with manaia heads carved to blade and mid-section. Paua inlays. Broken and repaired to midsection. Reference no. 4552. Length 126 cm
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A Maori tewhatewha with three carvings to shaft. C.1900. Length 115 cm
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An excellent late 18th century Maori fighting staff (taiaha), with beautifully stone-carved tongue, paua shell eyes (one eye broken in half). Nice heavy weight. Has the remains of some tie knots that would have contained the rare Maori dog fur and minute traces of dog fur. Missing bird feathers. Length 161 cm
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A Maori wooden fighting staff (taiaha), with a narrow, finely carved tongue. Red wax in eyes. Provenance: Bought at Dunbar Sloane Auckland, 2008. Length 153 cm
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An early 19th century carved Maori axe handle, with heavily incised carving to most of head and body. Paua shell inlays, some missing. Small face carved to point end. Provenance: Bought from Dunbar Sloane Auckland, 2003
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A beautiful fully carved wooden staff (kakauroa). Entirely carved with notched and curvilinear designs. Tapered and squared end carved with swirled designs. Provenance: Purchased at Webb’s, 2003
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A superb carved wooden long club (toki Kakauroa), with steel axe head (rusty). The shaft is beautifully carved all over with eight tiki figures with paua shell eyes. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Auckland, 2008. Length 103 cm
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A wooden carved long staff (kakauroa), with carved eye motif to lower midsection. Nice smooth patina. Length 149 cm
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An Intricately carved early 20th century ceremonial paddle (hoe), with densely carved figures to blade face and paua inlaid eyes. Verso has incised kowhaiwhai pattern. Notch and line pattern to handle. Length 134 cm
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A Maori wooden Digging stick (Ko), with twine band. Some white residue to end. Length 90 cm
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A magnificent carved wooden walking stick (tokotoko), with main human figure near handle and several other figures down shaft. Kowhaiwhai pattern continues down shaft. Paua eye inlays. Possibly carved by Heberley. Length 90 cm
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A Superbly carved wooden walking stick (tokotoko), with a broad spiral winding down whole shaft. Face to top below handle. Length 86 cm
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A carved Maori walking stick (tokotoko), of fairly flat profile with three tiki figures stacked to form the shaft. All with paua shell eyes. Reference No. 4577. Length 92 cm
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A carved wooden walking stick (tokotoko), of round cross section with tiki figures and paua inlays. Reference No. 4726
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A fine carved wooden Maori pipe, by Tom Heberley for Cristeson Goldsmiths. Finely carved pipe depicting a human head with full moko. Paua shell inlaid eyes. 18ct. gold hallmarked band. Length 15.5 cm
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A fine carved wooden Maori pipe, by Tom Heberley for Cristeson Goldsmiths. Finely carved pipe depicting a human head with full moko smoking a pipe. Paua shell inlaid eyes. 18ct. gold hallmarked band. Length 15 cm
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A British Briar tiki pipe, with carved tikis and rauponga pattern. The basis for this pipe is a British briar pipe with a natural amber stem. Length 13.5 cm
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A fragment of a 16th or 17th century tauihu (canoe prow in wood), with carved lizard and serpentine forms to side. The remnant of a carved tauihu. Narrow coupling of the midsection. Loss of the upper, water worn. Includes stand. Length 54 cm
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A 16th century fragment of carving. Open work carving of thick timber. Remains of mouth(?), tongue, and teeth. Includes stand. height 36 cm
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A carved wooden ancestral wall panel (poupou). Carved by Stewart Te Keepa Marsh. In classical traditional form based on the East Coast style (tohunga holding a tikiwananga). Carved in totara. Height 199 cm
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A carved Maori double barrel Shotgun by W C Scott & Son. Carved all over stock in swirled design with paua shell inlay. Verso carved in linear pattern. Note: gun license required. Provenance: Previously purchased from Art and object
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