Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2017
Lot 712
A Maori walking stick New Zealand wood and haliotis shell
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £1800
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Description
A Maori walking stick
New Zealand
wood and haliotis shell, the stem with four tiki figures and one to the top, the curved handle with a tiki terminal,
89.5cm long.
Provenance
Presented to Joseph Manning in 1898 as recognition for his saving of a Maori boy from drowning in the waters of Lake Rotoiti in the North Island of New Zealand and thence by decent.