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A MAORI ‘MERE POUNAMU’ GREENSTONE SHORT CLUB, NEW<br />

ZEALAND<br />

With stepped rounded pommel, pierced for suspension, 33cm long<br />

£400-£600<br />

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A LARGE MAORI ‘WAKAHUIA’ FEATHER BOX, NEW ZEALAND<br />

Of elliptical shape, the lid with central ridge in the shape of two<br />

anthropomorphic figures, decorated on each side with two large heads,<br />

the tongue sticking out, the round eyes inlaid with paua shell, the same<br />

intricate decoration repeated on the body, supported by two feet in the<br />

shape of kneeling figures, 38cm long<br />

£300-£500<br />

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A MAORI ‘WAKAHUIA’ FEATHER BOX, NEW ZEALAND<br />

The lid decorated with a face with the tongue sticking out at either<br />

side, the rest intricately carved, with round paua shell inlays,<br />

supported by two feet in the shape of janiform heads, 30cm long<br />

£150-£250<br />

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A MAORI DANCE PADDLE, NEW ZEALAND<br />

The leaf-shaped section carved on one side with a tiki head, the<br />

tongue sticking out and the eyes inlaid with paua shell roundels, the<br />

other side with an incised geometric pattern, the terminal carved with<br />

a suspension hoop and shell inlays, 61cm long<br />

£300-£500<br />

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THREE MAORI TIKI IDOLS, NEW ZEALAND (3)<br />

£50-£80<br />

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