Day 1 - Tribal Art the Americas, Indonesia & Oceania - 18th September 2019
Lot 1373
λA Hawaii pendant niho palaoa Polynesia whalebone
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £480
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Description
λA Hawaii pendant niho palaoa
Polynesia
whalebone, of hook form and pierced for attachment,
5.9cm high.
cf Adrienne Kaeppler. Polynesia, The Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesia Art, 2010, pp's 371, 373.
These pendants were often strung with multiples of twisted human hair and served as a visual symbols of status and rank.