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A pounamu hei tiki, modelled in flexed stance, head tilted with…
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Auckland
Date:
8-Nov-2011
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A pounamu hei tiki, modelled in flexed stance, head tilted with chin to right shoulder, eyes inset with red sealing wax, hands clasped to sides, the forehead pierced with hour-glass suspension hole. Kawakawa variety nephrite. An old hand-written label in Maori affixed to the back. Oral history recounts the gifting of this tiki to the current owner’s maternal great grandfather, a Mr Roy, a dairy engineer in the Taranaki region, c.1870. Height 9.4 cm
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Unclassified