Day 1 - Tribal Art the Americas, Indonesia & Oceania - 18 Sep 2019
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A Maori presentation paddle New Zealand with a slender leaf shape blade and scroll handle
A Maori presentation paddle
New Zealand
with a slender leaf shape blade and scroll handle, carved tiki, scrolls and notches, the tip painted gilt and the centre of the blade inscribed with the greeting Kia Ora,
177cm long.
Provenance
Woolley and Wallis, Tribal Art, 2nd September 2015, lot 781.