Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2016

Lot 648

A Maori cane New Zealand wood

Estimate £400 - £600

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Description

A Maori cane

New Zealand

wood, the shaft carved with six standing tiki with shell eyes, with leaves above, the terminal inlaid heart shape shells, the top with a cut-out eight pointed star,

89cm long.

Provenance

By repute made for Sir Franklin Staeell Gilespie, circa 1900.