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A MAORI CANOE PROW
Carved as a figure with arms swept backwards, the large head with wide open mouth and projecting tongue, haliotis-inlaid eyes, on large feet, the body carved all over with scrolls and notched bands, pierced panel behind resting on a supine tiki figure, a further figure carved in high relief on the back of the transverse board, the panels below with further tiki figures in relief, reddish patina
73cm. long
Carved as a figure with arms swept backwards, the large head with wide open mouth and projecting tongue, haliotis-inlaid eyes, on large feet, the body carved all over with scrolls and notched bands, pierced panel behind resting on a supine tiki figure, a further figure carved in high relief on the back of the transverse board, the panels below with further tiki figures in relief, reddish patina
73cm. long
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