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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  Oceanic & African Arts
• Sale Date:
  26 Mar 2013 ~ 6pm (NZ time)
• Lot #:
  179
• Lot Description:
  Early Worked Pounamu
  Piece of worked pounamu displaying interesting signs of grooved working which suggest initial stages of a kapeu ear pendant ('hockey-stick shaped'). Label attached to back inscribed: 'H.N. MOSELEY. New Zealand jade. Worked by natives commencement of an ear ring'. H N Moseley was a naturalist aboard The Challenger that sailed around the world between 1872 and 1876. Inscribed on back in white ink: 'WEBSTER COLL 29'.
  L.72mm, W.53mm
• Provenance:
  H N Moseley collection. Purchased by Kenneth Athol Webster (New Zealand) from Moseley. Webster collection No. 29. Acquired by Andrew Miet, July 1963.
• Estimate:
  NZ$200 - 400
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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