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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  Oceanic and African Art
• Sale Date:
  26 Sep 2012 ~ 6pm (NZ time)
• Lot #:
  8
• Lot Description:
  Greenstone Mere
  A well-proportioned and finely carved weapon, with a good weight and elegant form, from a quality piece of pounamu. The blade of deep green nephrite leads to a butt end with carved grooves and pierced hole. The pounamu variety is verging on kahurangi - a highly sought after green variety noted for its clarity and translucency. If the variety is not kahurangi then it will be kawakawa or possibly a mixture of the two. The butt end of the mere displays a more opaque oxidised part of the pounamu - representing the outer 'rind' part of the original boulder, probably sourced from Westland. Possibly carved by European lapidarists Andrew and Thomas Devlin of Dunedin.
  L.360mm, W.93mm
• Estimate:
  NZ$4,500 - 6,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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