| *** | 18th century or earlier Puta onewa (stone club), unusual reduced butt with flared ends. Two ridges to top. Hourglass form susperison hole. Small chip to blades, length 37 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Tekoteko - ancestral figure flattened rectangular head with large protruding tongue and raised facial features, carved spiral design to shoulders and arms resting upon stomach, slightly bent knees standing on carved base with pataki and triple heihei… | *** |  |
| *** | Fine Hawaiian Makau - fish hook bone hook of traditional classic form with raised bard and top, height 7 cm. Provenance: Private Collection Hawaii, USA | *** |  |
| *** | Finely carved late 19th/ early 20th century tokotoko finely carved walking stick in the manner of Jacob Heberley, upper figure of naturalistic form with tattooed face and notch and spiral decoration to torso sits upon the lower figure of more traditional… | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century Maori carved toki kakauroa (long handled axe). Carved with eight wheku figures to the shaft terminating in a rauponga carved tongue. Paua shell inlay. Iron trade axe head. Height 103 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Pohau manga barracuda lure. Rare, fully intact barracuda lure with large, straight shank and serrated bone point. An antero-posterior hole is in shank where the line goes through and runs along a groove. Inscribed in white ink: 'Web Coll 383'. Length 13… | *** |  |
| *** | Superb Wahaika. All over deep relief linear haehae carving to blade. Female figure to incurve with hands wrapped around torso with carved moko to chins and cheek and eyes handle end with two finely carved manaia protruding tongues. Pierced hole for… | *** |  |
| *** | Carved Lintel. Five intertwined manaia figures on a flattened rectangular panel. Blackened patina. Length 76 cm. Width 13 cm. Provenance: T. Clemence Collection, New Zealand | *** |  |
| *** | An Austral Islands ceremonial paddle. Carved in minute detail over the entire surface. Linking heads carved to top poll of paddle. Damage to blade and wear to top poll. Length 112.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Large kauri gum boulder, unpolished natural form, 11kg | *** |  |
| *** | Contact period 18th century Maori greenstone peka peka. Pale green colour, rare elongated shape with manaia bird-like head up top. Length 6 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Pounamu toki/adze, 14.2 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | Large stone toki/adze, 32 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | 19th century or earlier Maori pounamu hei tiki hour glass form suspension hole, red sealing wax eyes, face to left, hands to thighs. Rounded stomach, height 8 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Pounamu kapeu (ear pendant), Kawakawa variety nephrite with countersunk suspension hole, 15 cm length. | *** |  |
| *** | An 18th century Patu Onewa (stone club) three grooves to butt. Has a crack to the cutting edge, but has been expertly repaired. Length 34.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | 19th century Maori wooden long handled tewhatewha (fighting staff) carving just below midsection. Length 1380 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A late 18th century greenstone pendant, with excellent hourglass hole. Good heavy weight. Length 14.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century kiwi feather kete, woven muka base and binding with kiwi and Kereru feathers. Some losses, height 13 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A c.1840 whalebone patiti (short handled weapon), with steel axe head. Bone is worn and polished. Length 28 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century pounamu poutangata adze blade, a toki poutangata or ceremonial adze is a symbol of chiefly authority typically held by a chieftain or chieftainess. While these highly prized weapons mainly had ceremonial functions they could also be used in… | *** |  |
| *** | Late 18th century period Maori composite shark hook. Wooden shank limb with serrated and inner barbed bone point. Lashed snood and line. Length 11 cm (excluding line) 8 | *** |  |
| *** | Late 18th century composite fishing hook. Full bodied wooden shank limb with lashed small barbed bone point. Lashed snood and line. Length 14 cm6 | *** |  |
| *** | A large rare iron ship nail fishhook, ship's nails were used as trading currency with Maori during and after the contact period. This shark hook is a fine example of how metal was reworked to serve practical form and function. Attached original muka line.… | *** |  |
| *** | A large 19th century whalebone hei tiki, type I form with eyes embellished with red ceiling wax. Female. Countersunk suspension hole to the top of the head. Indistinct script incised to reverse. Provenance: Dame Jenny Gibbs collection, 16 cm length. | *** |  |
| *** | Pre-European patu onewa (stone hand club), traditional spatulate form reducing to the grip section with hourglass suspension hole with three concentric groves to the butt. Small chip to the blade. Provenance: Dame Jenny Gibbs collection, 34 cm length. | *** |  |
| *** | 19th century hoe (paddle), traditional form with long cylindrical shaft terminating in a ridged handle. Small loss to the end of the blade. 144 cm length. | *** |  |
| *** | Mere pounamu by Richard Anderson (nephrite hand club), Kawakawa variety stone. The elongated blade tapering to an inanga grip section. Pierced for wrist suspension with three graduating concentric grooves. Modern 20th century example. 30.5 cm length | *** |  |
| *** | Whalebone mere with spatula shaped blade, nine grooves, graduating to a rounded tip on each side, two suspension holes, and a muka cord attached through the last hole | *** |  |
| *** | 20th century greenstone tiki with serrated paua shell eyes and a macrame cord | *** |  |
| *** | Whalebone Patu with a good size hour glass hole, a flared grip and six grooves | *** |  |
| *** | A large pounamu river boulder. Inanga variety stone. Length 56 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Matau Fish Hook. A fine, early matau made from a trained branch or root. Dark wooden shank that extends to form the point limb; missing point; carved notch for binding evident. Carved spirals on the shank. Lashed snood, no line. Inscribed in black ink:… | *** |  |
| *** | Hoe. Superb example with fine band of carving displaying triple haehae and pataki design which decorate the mid area of the handle. Mid-brown patina. Length 157 cm. Width 13.3 cm. Y Registration Pending | *** |  |
| *** | A carved Koropepe Pounamu pendant pierced to the head and body section. Length 5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A large and impressive Pre-European toki (adze blade), grey argillite, quadrangular shape, finely modelled, polished all over with a few areas were pecking remains, particularly the lashing area, Sold together with a small model made by Robert Lionel… | *** |  |
| *** | Hoe (paddle), with leaf shaped blade and tapering slender shaft. Chipped to the central section of the blade, 150 cm length | *** |  |
| *** | Carved Maori ancestral figure, with wheku head, depicted in a crouching stance, surmounting an inverted wheku head. Red ochre covering the surface. Broken to the bottom section. Possibly from a tokotoko or model waka, 15 cm length | *** |  |
| *** | A good Jane Brenkley vase, ovoid shape. Carved and painted with a Maori women with a dog wearing a piupiu, adorned with a hei-tiki and holding a flax kete.The reverse with a waka with a figure on a river. Some surface abrasions. Signed and dated 1945 | *** |  |
| *** | A carved wood cigarette holder by Thomas Heberley (1876 - 1937), finely carved naturalistic head of a tane with intricate ta moko and cut paua eyes. Short linear Bakelite mouth piece. The ferrule and rim stamped with 'Christeson', G.P, 18ct. Length 9 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Mutu kaka (bird perch snare), carved from a single piece of wood, perch section slightly curved terminating in manaia face. Wheku figure to shank with fingers to belly and bent knees, 23 cm x 24 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Dominion Museum Education service Maori tattooing box, the presentation cabinet fitted to the interior with a replica mahoe (wooden mallet) uhi (chisel) and pigment pot, together with a cast tattooed mask, a copy of the cast mask made in Rotorua in 1853… | *** |  |
| *** | 19th century mutu kaka (bird perch snare), carved from a single piece of wood with gentle arch to the perch section issuing from a carved wheku head terminating in a side profile wheku head, 26 cm x 20 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | 18th century large Maori greenstone adze unfinished, incomplete with stone carved grooves on both sides. Length 32 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Greenstone letter opener with a sterling silver mount engraved with a Maori warrior in a landscape | *** |  |
| *** | Rare Fighting Axe. Kakauroa With steel axe head (rusty). The shaft carved at middle of handle. Length 124.5 cm. Width 18 cm. Provenance: T. Clemence Collection, New Zealand | *** |  |
| *** | A Maori tewhatewha, with fine patina. Pierced hole with bunch of feathers attached and carving toward bottom. Length 121 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Rare pre-European Maori barracuda hook (Okooko). Straight large shank with a serrated bone point. An antero-posterior hole is in the shank where the line goes through and runs along a groove. Length 13 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Collection 18/19th century five bone matau fish hooks and Lures, 6.2 cm, 5 cm x 2, 3.6 cm, 3.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large and impressive pounamu kapeu (ear pendant), Kawakawa variety stone with white inclusion in the stone and with counter sunk suspension hole, 17 cm length | *** |  |
| *** | A 'th century Maori carved wooden feeding bowl. Bowl is shaped like a gourd. Pakati, haehae designs, with paua shell inlay. The bowl depicts four manaia and one tekoteko face. Length 38 cm, height 10 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A late 18th century fine quality stone patu onewa. Two chips to blade, three nice grooves to butt. Length 32.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A large early 20th century pou Whakairo. The standing figure holding a patu in one hand and a pouwhenua in the other. The figures body interlaced by two manaia figures. His front leg placed on a wheku head. Raised on a circular plinth base. Damage and… | *** |  |
| *** | Contact period 19th century Maori greenstone hei tiki. Stone carved head to left shoulder, squat form. Eye drilled through. This tiki would have been worn side-on originally. Length 5.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Late 19th century Maori wooden God stick (tiki-Wananga), these peg like sticks were thrust into the ground in the front of a priest (tohunga) to serve as vehicles for the spirits of the gods, these god sticks were tools of the tohunga who bound them in… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved wood tobacco pipe by Thomas Heberley (1876 - 1937). The bowl is finely carved in the form of a naturalistic tane head smoking a pipe with a marahikau (mythical sea creature) encircling his neck. 'Kia ora' carved to the underside. Cut paua… | *** |  |
| *** | Kiwi feather cloak with cotton backing, three bands of dyed feathers for decoration and two bands of taniko style woven decorations | *** |  |
| *** | Large wooden late 19th century Wahaika, carved with parallel and horizontal lines, a carved face at the bottom, end and midsection, and set with paua shell eyes | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century pa kahawai (trolling fish hook), wooden shank, paua shell laminate and muka lashed bone hook with attached muka line. 10 cm length | *** |  |
| *** | 19th century pounumu hei tiki, classic type I form carved in inanga variety stone. Head tilted to the right with hands to thighs. Suspension hole at the top. Provenance: given to the current owner's family from the family of Moana Ngata from Rangitukia.… | *** |  |
| *** | 19th century pounamu pekapeka (pounamu pendant), finely carved in bowenite variety pounamu, with cut circular eyes embellished with red ceiling wax. Countersunk suspension hole. Provenance: Dame Jenny Gibbs collection, 6.5 cm width. | *** |  |
| *** | A 20th century Wakahuia (treasure box), made from totora felled on the grounds at Government house. With carved manaia figures, canoe prow weku heads, and dancing figure wheku head figure to the interior of lid. 38 cm length | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century carved wood wahaika (short bladed weapon), the base of the blade with a well carved figure with wheku head with scrolling arms and lightly delineated hands placed to abdomen, the reducing handle pierced for suspension, the butt terminating… | *** |  |
| *** | A good large Pre-European toki (dark argillite), tapering quadrangular shape with well defined unblemished lateral edges and bevel with sharp blade. Unusual concentric grooves to the top of the poll. Polished all over finish. Provenance: Dame Jenny Gibbs… | *** |  |
| *** | Patu muka (flax pounder), argillite stone. Rounded end tapering to knob with five graduating grooves. Lightly hammer pecked surface. Provenance: Dame Jenny Gibbs collection, 24 cm length. | *** |  |
| *** | A rare 19th century koropepe pendant, Tangiwai (bowenite). With red ceiling wax embellished eyes. Countersunk suspension hole. 5 cm diameter. | *** |  |
| *** | Maori Whalebone (hoeroa) throwing club, late 19th or early 20th century (made from the lower jaw of the sperm whale). Carved end with paua shell eyes and spiral carving half way down. Length 135 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A 16th century fragment of carving. Open work carving of thick timber. Remains of mouth(?), tongue, and teeth. Includes stand. height 36 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 19th century South Taranaki Maori wooden bowl with horizontal lugs level with the rim, one end carved with a human tiki face, the other lug was not carved | *** |  |
| *** | Large Matau Fish Hook. A fish-hook of large proportions; wooden shank fashioned from a native hardwood sapling. Offering a dual barb. Collection number inscribed in black and white ink and paint: 'Web Coll 594'. 18th century. Length 20 cm. Width 14 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | Korowai Cloak. This korowai has doublepair twining with two areas of tailored shaping; crafted from candlewick and highlighted with a border of feathers the central area with rectangular and triangular feathered designs. Height 103 cm. Width 112 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | Pre-European large archaic-form Maori wooden bowl rectangular shape with rounded edges, from a hollowed out tree trunk, two knobs for holding, base has been flattened to allow for stability, dark brown stain (and has probably been stored in a swamp) | *** |  |
| *** | Two pounamu kota/scraper with fine serrated edging, 5.5 cm, 6 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | New Zealand Colonial 18ct gold mounted green stone page turner | *** |  |
| *** | A fine quality 20th century stone patu, with hourglass hole and three grooves to the butt. Length 34 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century taiaha (fighting staff), the broad arero (tongue) finely carved with rauponga spirals. Upoko (head) displays a prominent mouth with elliptical paua eyes (one absent) and slender tapering shaft with rounded end. Muka bound collar. 148 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | Ngati tarawhai table coaster, circular form, carved with four wheku heads with paua shell eyes and fine rauponga decoration, 20 cm diameter. | *** |  |
| *** | Ngati tarawhai table bowl, decorated with a continuous band of wheku heads with protruding tongues framed by rauponga and pakura carved bands. The circular foot with conforming carved decoration. 18 cm diameter. 15 cm height. | *** |  |
| *** | Kuru pounamu 19th century, translucent greenstone of flat elongated torpedo shape, length 16 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Fine wahaika hand weapon, rounded blade finely carved with haehae and pataki surface decoration overall, two raised carved figures to either side of club, both with inlaid paua shell eyes, one holding mere pounamu also with carved manaia form sitting to… | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century tewhatewha (long handled club) long slender carved wood tapering shaft with a broad flat blade. Rudimentary single line figure-of-8 carving to the shaft. The blade pierced for decoration with feathers. Height 111 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | An early 20th century hoe (Maori paddle). The blade face carved with a wheku head surmounting rauponga spiral patterns. The shaft terminating in a wheku figure finial height 215 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Rare Rapaki Cape. This prestigious shoulder cape with robust plaited shoulder border the muka kaupapa (with double pair twining) extends from 34 cm. Areas of tailored shaping evident. Top band extending approximately 95 cm in length with red, blue and… | *** |  |
| *** | Mangaian Ruatangaeo ceremonial adze polished adze head (loose with some chipping to edge), intricate lashed head on carved tower base, height 106 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Very rare and important Maori stone fishing sinker of porous stone with oval base and hour glass suspension hole. Eye sockets, balls, brows and gaping mouth at top knob. Height 9.7 cm. Length 12 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | 19th century wooden Maori carved pipe. Beautifully carved with lizard and Maori tattooed head. Length 8 cm, including mouth piece length 13 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Late 18th/early 19th century Maori stone sinker. Slight old chipping to hour glass hole. Height 9 cm. (Y No. to be assessed) | *** |  |
| *** | C18/19th pounamu kuru (pendant), 16 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An early 20th century Maori carved wahaika. Figure to shaft with arched body and extended tongue. Extensive haehae and pakati decoration. Weku mask to butt. Flax cordage. Length 41 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century Maori pa kahawai (Trolling fish hook). Wooden shank, paua shell laminate and lashed bone barb. Length 9 cm. Provenance: Webster collection no.354 | *** |  |
| *** | A late 19th century toki poutangata (ceremonial adze handle), with carved wheku head, rauponga carving and cut paua inset, height 66 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Early 20th century tekoteko figure (gable figure), the figure with hands placed to abdomen. Painted in red ochre with ta moko highlighted in white, height 79 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A 20th century ngati tarawhai carved Wakahuia (treasure box), carved in rauponga patterns with pataki, the lid displays a central tiki figure in high relief with detailed manaia figures to each end. Paper sticker inscribed 'Carved as a gift to Ernest… | *** |  |
| *** | Large Pre-European toki, Quadrangular shaped, hammer pecked to the sides and tanged end section. 29 cm length. | *** |  |
| *** | Pre European pounamu koropepe manaia pendant, Tangiwai variety with white inclusions. Rounded form with notches to the outside rim. Pierced for suspension. 6.5 cm diameter. | *** |  |
| *** | Early 19th century good quality wooden bird Snare (Mutu) given to George Sidwell on his 7th birthday, 1908 by the local chief in Southern Hawkes Bay, the Sidwell family were early pioneers into Southern Hawkes Bay. A Sidwell daughter (nee Lambert) was the… | *** |  |
