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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  Oceanic & African Arts
• Sale Date:
  26 Mar 2013 ~ 6pm (NZ time)
• Lot #:
  129
• Lot Description:
  Matau – Fish Hooks (2)
  Early contact period; elaborately rendered one-piece bone fish-hook with double intertwined kaniwha 'barbs'. End finely carved for line attachment. Inscribed in black ink: 'WEB COL 1247'. Early contact period; elaborately rendered one-piece shell fish-hook. Inscribed in black ink: 'WEB COL 1248'. Both hooks noted by Webster to have been found in Waimarama, Chatham Islands.
  L.26mm, W.16mm' L.28mm, W.20mm.
• Provenance:
  Enys collection. Purchased by Kenneth Athol Webster from Enys collection, 19 August 1952. Acquired by Andrew Miet from Webster, June 1963.
• Estimate:
  NZ$1,000 - 2,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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