*** | Kuru pounamu Translucent tangiwai (bowenite) variety of pounamu with hourglass-shaped suspension hole. Length 6.3 cm. Width 1.4 cm | *** | |
*** | Superb toki - adze, of exceptionally large, quadrangulated form tapering to a fine blade. Pecked surface to top and end. Smooth finish to sides and back. Argillite. Length 34.7 cm. Width 9.7 cm | *** | |
*** | An early 20th century Maori folk art mantle clock. With elaborate and traditional all over carving and paua border to the central quartz movement German clock. Height 25 cm, width 45 cm | *** | |
*** | A Paddle-Shaped club, probably from Cook Islands. Lanceolate blade with medial rib, slender handle ornamented with fibers woven into chevron design and feathers, front edge comprising a comb of teeth. Rich dark brown patina.mm, length 117 cm | *** | |
*** | Fine toki, duff type 2a - black argillited with finely polished body and hammer dressed poll. A well formed example. Length 24.5 cm. Width 7.7 cm | *** | |
*** | A large argillite toki, Maori adze blade, of tapered trapezoidal form, blade slightly curved, non-polished, surface with evidence of flake chipping. This adze made of D'Urville Island argillite would have been a product of high value exported over long… | *** | |
*** | A tin painted Maori warrior sign featuring a crouching Maori warrior holding a taiaha, possibly a weather vane. Note, scratches and wear. Height 70 cm. Width 68 cm | *** | |
*** | A nephrite adze blade, polished with evident cutting groove. Length 13.1 cm | *** | |
*** | A mahe stone sinker, Aotearoa, made from a greywacke boulder. An oval form with two a horizontal and a vertical peaked lashing groove encircling the stone. Height 11 cm, width 7.5 cm. | *** | |
*** | A pounamu chisel, Aotearoa, made from a mottled dark green nephrite stone. Polished body with a broken cutting edge. The chisel has a rounded quadrangular cross-section. Length 10.3 cm, width 1.5 cm, depth 1.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Patu handle. Whalebone handle end with detailed manaia figure carving to end. Length 34.6 cm. Width 1.8 cm. | *** | |
*** | Pounamu adornment with gold suspension ring, transitional style in ovoid form. Length 9 cm. Width. 9 cm. | *** | |
*** | Kete, small woven harakeke bag with Kia Ora design to front and back, twisted muka handles. Height 14 cm. Width 21 cm. | *** | |
*** | Hoe-paddle, nicely carved small example with orthodox leaf shaped blade. Carved missionary style text to inside middle of blade 'R.Tawha' with deep carved motifs to top. Rich dark patina. Length 119.5 cm. Width 9 cm | *** | |
*** | Toki, quadrangulated tapering to fine blade in good order. Body offers significant curvature suggesting adze was applied to canoe production. Classic period. Length 23.6 cm. Width 5.6 cm. | *** | |
*** | Pekapeka adornment, in an abstract pair of bird form. Hourglass incisioned suspension hole. Pounamu. Width 4.5 cm D2.8 cm. | *** | |
*** | Pa kahawai - fishing lure, early trolling lure with wooden body; paua-shell flashing, inlay to in-curve; barb missing with muka binding and line. Length 11 cm. Width 1.8 cm | *** | |
*** | Carved gun Stock, intricately carved with haehae and pataki notching the top carved with manaia figure, hands clasping stomach. Six paua inserts. Length 35 cm. Width 13 cm | *** | |
*** | A stone file, Aotearoa, carved from schist. With a quadrangular cross-section. This file is worn with striation marks along one edge. Length 6.5 cm, width 4.2 cm, depth 1.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Kuru pounamu flattened, elongated form with hourglass-shaped pierced hole for suspension. Length 17 cm. Width 2.2 cm | *** | |
*** | Fine silver mounted toki. A traditional toki - adze blade with a silver plate collar, marks and inscription 'New Zealand knife'. Height 9.5 cm. Width 5.8 cm. | *** | |
*** | A Hoe, paddle of mid-brown wood with black grain, undecorated, the handle ovular in cross-section with a shaped knob at the top which has a cratered perforation; drilling begun on one side but not completed. Good patination. Collected from the south… | *** | |
*** | A Hei tiki with serrated eyes black greenstone, shaped with the hands resting on the thighs. Y number not required. Length 11 cm. Width 6 cm. | *** | |
*** | A carver unknown Maori imp character small plaque two-dimensional relief carved, the fairy figure, not unlike the Maori fairy characters created by the pen of Trevor Lloyd, holding aloft a carved bowl with a large pohutukawa flower, a whare in the… | *** | |
*** | Kuru pounamu, an ovoid-shaped form with a pierced suspension hole smooth worn patina overall. Inanga pounamu. Length 8.5 cm. Width 1.4 cm | *** | |
*** | Large toki. Large, quadrangulated form tapering to fine flaked blade. Early weathered patina. Length 30.8 cm. Width 10 cm. | *** | |
*** | Toki, pecked surface terminating to smooth cutting edge. Stone material shows orange veins through the bottom and lateral facings. Shaped hafting neck apparent. Length 26.5 cm. Width 6.4 cm. | *** | |
*** | Large toki fragment, showing signs of sawing. Dark green and red streaked nephrite. Classic period. Length 9 cm. Width 6.6 cm. | *** | |
*** | Two delicate toki Pounamu, 14202. One toki almost round in section and tapered at both ends with other in triangulated form. Worn and polished. Light green and dark green nephrite, max length 5.7 cm. Width 1.5 cm. | *** | |
*** | A folk art wahine, carved from wood and detailed with black and white paint. Height 30 cm, width 9.5 cm, depth 9.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Taiaha Undecorated head with raised half-moon-shaped eyes; strongly carved nose and upper lip. Large, flared striking blade with a mid-brown patina. Length 185 cm. Width 9 cm | *** | |
*** | Pa kahawai - fishing lure, a fine, trolling lure with wooden body, paua-shell -'flashing' inlay to incurve, bone barb and muka binding. Length 9 cm. Width 2 cm | *** | |
*** | Matau - fish hook, a small, fine fish-hook fashioned from shell with attached fibre binding. Length 3 cm. Width 2.1 cm. Hook only | *** | |
*** | Pair of whao - chisels fine examples of a whao pounamu (nephrite chisels) fashioned from high-quality pounamu. One has a worn/broken suspension hole. Length 7.5 cm. Width 1.5 cm; length 6 cm. Width 1.6 cm | *** | |
*** | Large toki - adze, of exceptionally large quadrangulated form, tapering to a fine blade. Overall smooth surface. Length 26 cm. Width 8.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Taluma (fishing tackle box) Hollowed box and lid standing on four legs. Inlaid shell decoration. Highly polished, rich-brown patina. Length 18 cm. Width 19 cm | *** | |
*** | A Maori carved bone pendant an elongated, curved pendant with rounded ends, tapering to the top. Drilled suspension hole and carved chevron style pattern near the top. Length 9.7 cm. | *** | |
*** | A large stone toki, Aotearoa, crafted from a black stone. A rough surface with losses from use. With a curved profile. When ancestors of Maori first arrived in Aotearoa from East Polynesia they found a wide variety of rock types to use for tools and… | *** | |
*** | Large toki, early form of South Island adze. Hammer pecked argillite of the gray veined type found in the northern Durville district. Length 26 cm. Width 7.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A folk art Maori inkwell, C.1950s. Two carved tiki heads sitting in high relief either side of a glass inkwell, inset with paua eyes. All over carving to base. Height 7 cm, width 22.5 cm, depth 14 cm | *** | |
*** | A totara waka hoe dance stick, ngati Raukawa, carved from a single piece of wood. It would have once had paua shell inlay eyes, however they are now gone. Of the Leslie Adkin collection. Length 24.5 cm, width 5.5 cm. Preveiously of the Leslie Adkin… | *** | |
*** | A toki adze blade. A tapered form with a narrow butt end and a curved bevel. Length 19 cm, width 5.2 cm, depth 3.2 cm | *** | |
*** | Two large kauri gum nuggets, largest approx. Height 14.5 cm, length 21 cm, width 12 cm, combined weight 2.726kg | *** | |
*** | A Taniwha whalebone pendant, refined form, inlaid paua eyes. Provenance: from the collection of Keith St Cartmail. Length 17.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Small Hei tiki, a miniature tiki simplisctically carved in stone. Height 3.2 cm. Width 2.3 cm. | *** | |
*** | Fine Kuru Pounamu - pendant, transluscent pounamu with traditionally manufactured suspension hole. Height 6.2 cm. Width. 8 cm. | *** | |
*** | Patu muka, a stone flax pounder with a circular cross-section. Bulbous body tapers to a rounded butt. smooth pecked surface. Length 24.5 cm. Width 8.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Carved Maori presentation set, a fine presentation set fully carved with Tiki and Manaia figures. H'h' H'h' and dog tooth tching and inlaid paua detail. Together with cigarette case match box holder pen and ink wells. Length 37.7 cm. Width 21.5 cm. Depth… | *** | |
*** | Te Maniatutu untitled. This tekoteko free-standing figure is caved from a single piece of wood. It depicts a figure with hands at its stomach and feet apart, knees slightly bent. The figure has inlaid paua shell eyes, and the face has incised detailing of… | *** | |
*** | A Maori contemporary greenstone pounamou mere. Length 36.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A Maori stone patu Whitau/Fibre Beater of circular club like shape with reduction to grip. All over polish and pitted surface. Length 24 cm. Diameter 8 cm. | *** | |
*** | Kete muka. Two small muka bags, in very good condition. Height eight 24 cm. Width 20 cm. Height 12.5 cm. Length 10.5 cm. | *** | |
*** | Kete muka. A large example of a woven constructed muka bag with double pair twining, separated warps in a raised wave pattern in a chequered design, and a substantial fringe. Height 30 cm. Width 43 cm. | *** | |
*** | Large toki. Good large example in orthodox form with a pecked finish and smooth defined cutting edge. Length 23 cm. Width 6.4 cm. | *** | |
*** | Group of toki. Six adzes of classic form and of varying stone type. Length 8.4 cm. Width 5 cm. Length 17.8 cm. Width 5.4 cm. Length 20 cm. Width 6 cm. Length 8 cm. Width 5.2 cm. Length 12 cm. Width 5.2 cm. Length 10.5 cm. Width 5 cm. | *** | |
*** | Group of toki. Large group of early adzes. (5) length 16.5 cm. Width 7 cm. Length 14 cm. Width 6.1 cm. Length 8 cm. Width 5 cm. Length 12 cm. Width 5.5 cm. Length 7.5 cm. Width 4 cm. | *** | |
*** | Group of Ko. Good collection of early agricultural wooden digging sticks, weathered dry patina. Length 280 cm. Width 5 cm. Length 222 cm. Width 6 cm. Length 154 cm. Width 5 cm. | *** | |
*** | Fine Piupiu - skirt, a Maori skirt made from mature Harakeke flax leaf tags. Complex taniko band decorates the top border. Two ties decorated by black parallel extend from closing edge. Body of skirt decorated with the following formation: two band,… | *** | |
*** | A Filipe Tohe wooden carving, with pounamu inlays for the eyes. Height 64.5 cm, width 24.5 cm, depth 5 cm | *** | |
*** | A collection of four New Zealand folk art figures, carved from wood. All with hands at the stomach and long extending tongues. Each with pauashell eyes. Tallest height 13.5 cm, width 3.8 cm, depth 3.4 cm | *** | |
*** | Maori pale greenstone pendant, later suspension ring. recovered dune/beach Gisborne area | *** | |
*** | Toki, type 1B. Length 15 cm. Width 5 cm | *** | |
*** | A greenstone adze blade an unfinished nephrite adze blade with cutting groove evident, untanged quadrangular cross section to front section, tapers to a pronounced point at poll. Polished all over, with straight cutting edge. Height 1.3 cm. Width 12.5 cm.… | *** | |
*** | A vintage folk art matau, this wood carved hook is of large proportions with muka flax lashings. Matau would often be composite forms with bone points and used by Maori for fishing large fish, length 39.5 cm, width 22 cm, depth 6.5 cm. Provenance: from… | *** | |
*** | A stone pounder or Patu Muka the pounder of dark grey stone, possibly greywacke, of conical shape with a reduced grip and pitted all over. Length 19.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A carved oak panel / table top with Maori figures the slightly oval shaped panel surfaces feature a finely hand carved ancestor figure mid section, with carved ancestral head on opposing edge. Length 123 cm. Width 54.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Kuru pounamu long, flattened ovoid form. Pierced hourglass-shaped suspension hole for muka cord. Length 10.8 cm. Width 2 cm | *** | |
*** | A contact period pa kahawai fishing hook. Paua shell shank with iron barb, lashed with woven muka fibre. Height 11 cm, width 2 cm | *** | |
*** | A contemporary waka hoe paddle. Carved from a single piece of wood with a dark brown patina. The handle of the paddle is a short cylindrical butt on a long shaft. The blade of the waka hoe is leaf shaped and has a raised medial line running central with… | *** | |
*** | A walking stick (tokotoko). Carved from wood, this walking stick has a design of a figure with paua shell eyes. The tokotoko has a brass femule and collar. Engraved in the collar are the letters 'H.L'. Length 86.5 cm, depth 2.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A Maori carved pediment. Carved meticulously from a single piece of wood, depicting entangled manaia and other mythological figures. Provenance: from the collection of Keith St Cartmail. Height 113 cm, width 40 cm | *** | |
*** | A 20th century ornate wood carved Wahaika (hand club) Rotorua, the blade all-over carved combining the rauponga and whakarare style and dark stained as is the backbone of the mania figure to the inturn, and the butt knob carved with a manaia's head, paua… | *** | |
*** | 19th century Kete Whakiro, the kit of black dyed and natural flax, in the poutama pattern, with muka handles of three-ply braid | *** | |
*** | Maori stone large adze, recovered dune/beach Gisborne area | *** | |
*** | A fine decorative New Zealand folk art carved kauri box the lid painted with a young Maori woman holding a child, a cloak about their shoulders, enclosed by linear and knotched carving and a mask to each corner. Width 21.4 cm diameter 10.4 cm. Height 4.8… | *** | |
*** | A 19th century post contact Pa Kahawai with an inward curved wooden shank, knobbed at head and base. Paua shell lining and a barbed bone point lashed to head. Snood cord missing. Length 11 cm. | *** | |
*** | Various assorted toki, including three pounamu. Max length 10 cm. Width 3.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A small folk art tobacco box, Aotearoa. A small box crafted from wood. Featuring hand-carved designs of figures to the top, front, and reverse, and flowers to the sides. Height 4.6 cm, width 11.2 cm, depth 7 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Aotearoa | *** | |
*** | Eight toki, an assortment of stone adze fashioned from various examples of greywacke and argillite, max length 162. Width 7.4 cm. | *** | |
*** | Three Pounamu Adornments, each offering hourglass incisions at suspension hole. One in oval form with collectors note: Mussell point. Another in bird form and another in triangulated form. Various nephrite, max length 3.8 cm. Width 2.8 cm. | *** | |
*** | Maori carved walking stick, carved from rimu with Koputa (Albatross) detail leading the handle. Body of the stick offers repeated ancestral figures. 20th century. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art. Length 88.8 cm. | *** | |
*** | Whalebone taiaha fragment fully carved tongue and mouth decorated with H'h' and dog tooth notching. Raised nose and two incised eyes. Pierced hole for suspension. Weathered dry patina. Length 16 cm. Width 4.8 cm | *** | |
*** | Tackle box (fishing tackle box) Hollowed box and lid with protruding rectangular lugs on side for attachment. Rich, dark-brown patina. Height 16.5 cm. Width 23 cm | *** | |
*** | Kete muka kiwi. Early woven kete single twining with attached kiwi feathers attached on every second aho (weft). Some feather loss. Height 19 cm. Width 24 cm. | *** | |
*** | A greenstone decorative mask, height 25 cm, width 18 cm | *** | |
*** | Fine Kuru Pounamu - ear adornment, of long flattened ovoid form with pierced hour glass suspension hole for muka cord. Nephrite of inanga type. Length 9.2 cm. Width 1.1 cm | *** | |
*** | A collection of three New Zealand folk art figures, each carved from wood in different carving styles. Tallest height 17 cm, width 4.4 cm, depth 4.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A talking stick (tokotoko) chisel carved by master carver Mel Manu (Ngapuhi). The traditional design of this tokotoko or talking stick is ornately carved entirely by hand, using chisel tools. Tokotoko is fashioned in the form of a walking stick and from… | *** | |
*** | A naive carving of a Maori Mermaid figure, standing on a carved oval base with black and brown painted decoration. Height 35 cm | *** | |
*** | Pounamu adornment, fine needle form with incisioned hour glass suspension hole. Nephrite. Length 6.5 cm. Width .5 cm. | *** | |
*** | A kumete bowl, Cook Islands, used for domestic purposes including the preparation and storage of food. Carved from a single piece of wood in an oval form with a square protrusion at each end. The wood has remnants of a dark brown lacquer. Height 11.5 cm,… | *** | |
*** | Patu, low relief carving to blade with h'h' lines and dog tooth notching inlaid paua shell. Coloured muka cord attached to handle. Length 36.5 cm. Width 10 cm | *** | |
*** | A Gold Tiki Pendant stamped 18 ct. Note: one jewelled eye absent | *** | |
*** | A stone Beater, Patu Muka of dark coloured greywacke, elongated body narrows to a well formed grip with a knobbed end. Length 26 cm. Width 7.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A greenstone adze of mottled mid to dark green stone, with silver splotches on back surface and brown cloud effect on front, both surfaces convex, the adze untanged; there is a cutting edge and a bevel at both ends, some loss to poll, the cutting edged… | *** | |
*** | A pair of 20th century Maori carved bookends, each carved as an ancestral figure in relief flanked by two incised carved profile heads and notched linear designs, in stained kauri. Height 18 cm | *** | |