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A superb and important Maori kumete, delicate shallow cupped…
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A superb and important Maori kumete, delicate shallow cupped lid with fine double rarua spirals and h'h' lines throughout. Handle presents mirrored tekoteko figures connected head to head and arching forward in acrobatic stance. Body of vessel carved in full with signs of innovative / transitional style of 1880 period, the work is supported by two heavily carved highly figurative humanistic forms with full moko who gaze intensely outward. Hands are cupped firmly over ears suggesting a defiant statement. Possibly East Coast c.1880 -1900. Provenance: Private Collection, New York, USA. Length 36 cm H22.5 cm. Width 16.5 cm.
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Tribal: New Zealand Maori