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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian Indigenous & Oceanic Art
• Sale Date:
  06 Jun 2016 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  126
• Lot Description:
  An Old Maori Adze Handle
  New Zealand (circa 1900)
  carved hardwood and abalone shell
  47 cm high
• Provenance:
  Private collection, Sydney
• Notes:
  Finely carved with a central squatting figure holding the hands to the chest, protruding tongue & abalone shell inlay eyes, above the main figure is another larger head with the open mouth comprising the platform that the stone axe head would have fit into. The base of the handle has another finely carved face with incised spiral designs.
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 4,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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