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• Auction House:
  Cordy's
• Sale Name:
  November Art and Antique Auction
• Sale Date:
  08 Nov 2011 ~ 9am - 10pm
• Lot #:
  254
• Lot Description:
  A pounamu hei tiki
  modelled in flexed stance, head tilted with chin to right shoulder, eyes inset with red sealing wax, hands clasped to sides, the forehead pierced with hour-glass suspension hole. Kawakawa variety nephrite. An old hand-written label in Maori affixed to the back. Oral history recounts the gifting of this tiki to the current owner's maternal great grandfather, a Mr Roy, a dairy engineer in the Taranaki region, c.1870. Height 94, Y15901.
• Estimate:
  NZ$3,000 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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