AN UNUSUAL 19TH CENTURY NEW ZEALAND MAORI TRIBAL GRASS

AN UNUSUAL 19TH CENTURY NEW ZEALAND MAORI TRIBAL GRASS SKIRT. 116 cm x 55 cm.

A 19TH CENTURY NEW ZEALAND TRIBAL MAORI CARVED JADE PESTLE AMULET. 12 cm long.

A 19TH CENTURY NEW ZEALAND MĀORI HARDWOOD FIGHTING CLUB the deep shaped rounded head with an indented carved collar and plain handle (36cm overall)

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

**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

**Originally Listed At $750** Oceania, New Zealand, Maori, ca. 19th century CE. This is a beautiful miniature carving of a protective gable figure tiki known as a Tekoteko, inlaid with abalone shells

A Maori "Putorino" wooden wind instrumentMid/late 19th century; Maori Peoples, New ZealandThe bugle flute with a central grimacing mask carving featuring an oval aperture in the form of a mo

Rare antique Maori kauri gum carved bust from New Zealand, late 19th century. Depicts a proud Maori Chieftain with black hair, painted eyes, and intricate inked facial tattoos (Moko), wearing a feathe

Oceania, New Zealand, Maori peoples, ca. 19th century CE. A well-preserved model canoe, hand-carved from sumptuous hardwood of a deep brown hue. The lengthy canoe features integral side walls decorate

A Maori taiaha staff, A Maori taiaha staff, 19th century, New Zealand, having a stylised tiki head with mother-of-pearl eyes, over a plain shaft and spatulate terminal, 170cm long

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, New Zealand, Maori people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine kotiate club, a traditional type of weapon, hand-carved from a hard wood and inlaid with in

Oceania, New Zealand, Maori people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden tokotokoe with beautiful carvings across the surface and an inlay of nacre shells in the finial and just abo

Oceania, New Zealand, Maori, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A superb jade pendant /ear ornament, of marvelous translucent apple green hues, expertly carved into an extended hook-like shape an

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

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

1931 Myths & Legends Polynesia Andersen Maori Maui Fairies Color Illustrated MAP Johannes Andersen was a 19th century New Zealand poet, ethnologist, librarian, and historian. “Myths and Legends of t

Oceania, New Zealand, Maori, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A fine and rare stone pendant known a pounamu kuru, made from a lovely nephrite jade with a drilled perforation on the tip for suspension. The

New Zealand, Maori, ca. late 18th to mid-19th century CE. A finely carved wooden canoe prow presenting an expressive visage with an open mouth featuring lips incised with chevron motifs, a protruding

Maori Fighting Staff, Taiaha, New Zealand, 19th century, the long shaft with Janus-head finial, the stylized protruding tongue with finely carved scroll design, below a fabric-wrapped cone, (the head

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

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

A Maori War Club, tewhatewha New Zealand, 19th century Hardwood with a glossy patina from handling, especially on the shaft. A finely carved manaia head on the shaft. P

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

New Zealand, 18th or 19th century with original drilled hold through grip for leather wrist strap, beautifully figured stone in deep green color, 11 1/2" high