Lot Essay
Wanganui on the Taranaki coast of North Island, New Zealand, is famed for the inventive ideas found in their carvings
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HEI TIKI
Details
A Maori small jade neck pendant
hei tiki
Of dappled bright green stone almost resembling "pigeon breast", the broad head with ill-defined mouth
6.6cm. high
hei tiki
Of dappled bright green stone almost resembling "pigeon breast", the broad head with ill-defined mouth
6.6cm. high
Provenance
Presented to Francis Bartlett by Princess Teikaka, daughter of Chief Tongarero of Wanganui, in about 1908