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• Auction House:
  Cordy's
• Sale Name:
  April 2015 Antique and Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  21 Apr 2015 ~ 10am (NZ time) (Lots 1 - 358)
  21 Apr 2015 ~ 5pm (NZ time) (Lots 370 - 734)
• Lot #:
  167
• Lot Description:
  A large rare Moa’s foot
  comprising a combination of 13 bones, mounted to an ebonised oval board, with old varnish. Length 365. Written in red to the back board ‘Taihoa’ Hakataramea Valley 1970’.
• Provenance:
  Found by a teacher and his pupils while digging swamp yesterday morning on Mr J.D. Small’s property. ‘Taihoa’ 25 miles along the Hakataramea Valley from the Hakataramea township......’ 1969, together with a newspaper cutting about the find and the book ‘Pyramid Valley’ published by the Canterbury Museum 1949, including an original photograph of Mr Small at the excavation site.
• Estimate:
  NZ$2,600 - 2,600
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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