15 Titles on the Maori Culture of New Zealand

**Originally Listed At $3000** New Zealand, Maori culture, 19th century. Rare and exceptional carved wooden flute. Tapered at each end with carved Tiki at midsection, woven flax string (probably kieke

Oceania, New Zealand, Maori culture, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. Made of dark wood richly carved, decorated with two inlaid abalone shell "eyes", this is a korere, a feeding funnel. When a

Oceania, New Zealand, Maori culture, ca. late 19th century to early 20th century CE. This is a fine hand carved portrait style bust of a Maori warrior or chieftain. The man is portrayed with an ornate

**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, New Zealand, Maori culture, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A fantastically carved dark wood inkwell complete with antique glass ink jar. On either side o

Maori New Zealand Oceanic Gable "Tekoteko" Totem Ancestor Spirit Figure, 15 1/4" tall, fine patina.

Title: MAORI - Kapua Box mother of pearl abalone inlay Additional Information: Great Kapua box, Maori, New Zealand. All hand carved with a figural face on the lid with pearl abalone eye inlays. Good c

A Maori Whalebone Club (Patu) New Zealand, Circa 18th Century A.D. Height 15 x width 6 inches. Provenance: Private Collection, Germany. Bonhams, New York, 12 May 2011, Lot 2058.

ARTIST: Peter Williams (New York, New Zealand, 1934 - 2018) TITLE: Canadian Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Unmounted. Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. ART SIZE: 12 x 15 inches

ARTIST: Peter Williams (New York, New Zealand, 1934 - 2018) TITLE: Church Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Unmounted. Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. ART SIZE: 12 x 15 inches /

Title/Content of Map: Hawaii, New Zealand & other islands Date Printed: 1859 Cartographer: H.J. Colton Material/Medium: Paper Size: 17 1/2" x 15" Hand colored engraved Map. Publsihed in New York in 'C

New Zealand Korowai Maori Cloak, 19th C. A flax cloak decorated with twisted wool black chord tags of the Korowai class of the New Zealand Maori. Size: 42'' x 42'' (107 x 107 cm). Provenance: collecte

A Pair of Fine and Rare Maori Kauri Gum Busts, New Zealand, Late 19th/20th century. Finely modeled fossilized Kauri tree resin busts, with articulated facial tattoos. Possibly depicting a royal couple

Maori piupiu skirt composed of many individual leaves of the flax plant that hang separately and are only connected at the top by a braided flax band, New Zealand, 20th c. The process of making such a

[Counter-Culture] Burroughs, William S. Group of 15 Titles, Including 8 Signed 1. Lee, William (William S. Burroughs)JunkieNew York: Ace Books, Inc., (1953). First edition. 12mo. 149 pp. Bound with Ma

An early 20th century ceremonial axe, wood with mother of peal inlay and an exceptional quality brillant green jade axehead. 16" L; 6-1/8" L Jade axehead.

A Maori, New Zealand, fighting stick used at close quarters, aka taiaha or te-aha, this an old 19th Century example, small, with the incised carving less exacting than later examples, having old colon

10 5/16" Polished Celt. Maori. New Zealand. Excellent polish, very good condition

KORURU (Ruru is Maori for owl). Representing an ancestor of chiefly line, Koruru is the carved head doming the apex of the barge boards of the Maori Whare (meeting house). Some have large owl like eye

AN UNUSUAL MAORI NEW ZEALAND TRIBAL BOX AND COVER with shell inlaid eyes. 14 cm x 12 cm.

MAORI (New Zealand) STYLIZED CARVED WOOD MASK SCULPTURE - 24" h.

Maori, New Zealand Flax, kiwi feathers, tui feathers, and kereru feathers 121 x 87 cm Provenance: Owston Collection, Sydney Bonhams, Sydney, The Owston Collection, 25 June 2010, lot 734 Property from

Large Hei-Tiki, amulet of the Maori, New Zealand, green nephrite, so-called Greenstone,of South Otago, Permutteinlagen around the eyes, H. approx. 14.5 x 7 cm

A Fine and well carved Maori Nephrite Tiki, Maori; New ZealandThe carved Tiki of classical form with large head turned to the side, the eyes with remains of red sealing wax infill, nose with flaring n

The Wahaika Maori New Zealand is a weapon that is regarded as a club. Carved in the tropical wood of the place it was often (as in this case) decorated with the Tiki, a legendary spirit very dear to t