Day 1 - Tribal Art the Americas, Indonesia & Oceania - 18th September 2019

Lot 1575

A Maori hei-tiki pendant New Zealand nephrite

Estimate £25,000 - £30,000

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Description

A Maori hei-tiki pendant

New Zealand

nephrite, with the head at a right angle position and with two mouths, the right hand on the abdomen and the left on the hip, with a suspension hole behind the head, 18th century,

12.2cm high.

Provenance

English Private Collection.

Finch & Co., London.

Published

Finch & Co., Catalogue 15, 2009, No.33.