Details
two maori pendants
One of ivory with a lizard carved in relief amongst panels of hatched ornament, golden patina; the other a tiki figure pendant of white metal on brass chain
5.5cm. and 3cm. high (2)
One of ivory with a lizard carved in relief amongst panels of hatched ornament, golden patina; the other a tiki figure pendant of white metal on brass chain
5.5cm. and 3cm. high (2)
Provenance
The ivory pendant was recorded in Christie's catalogue (November 8, 1977, lot 68) as coming from Herepo (also called Tiripo), a Kuia of the Tuhoe tribe, daughter of Rue the prophet of Maunga-Pohatu, North Island
Exhibited
Ta'aroa, l'Univers polynesien, Brussels, 1982, p.74, fig.39 for the first