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• Auction House:
  Cordy's
• Sale Name:
  September 2015 Antique and Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  08 Sep 2015 ~ 10am
  08 Sep 2015 ~ 5pm
• Lot #:
  205
• Lot Description:
  A good Charlie Wilson carved inanga greenstone hei tiki
  pale/mid-green colourway, finely detailed with the head turned to the right shoulder, ears evident, inlaid paua shell ring eyes, left hand to the chest, the right to the right thigh, mildly concave back. Length 105.
• Notes:
  Charles Raponi Wilson has been carving since the 1960s and is recognised as a leading carver of hei tiki, drawing inspiration from ancestral taonga. In 2009 he was commissioned by N.Z. Post along with other leading N.Z. artists to carve a hei tiki to feature on its annual Matariki stamp series. In 2010 his design was selected to feature on N.Z.’s most valuable legal tender coin - the 1oz. gold coin, this hei tiki offered being a companion to that carving.
• Estimate:
  NZ$2,200 - 2,200
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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