A FINE AND LARGE MAORI HEI TIKI, of dark green stone with translucent inclusions at forehead and abdomen, the head turned to the right, suspension hole with further incomplete drilling to one side

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A FINE AND LARGE MAORI HEI TIKI, of dark green stone with translucent inclusions at forehead and abdomen, the head turned to the right, suspension hole with further incomplete drilling to one side
17cm. high

Lot Essay

The rounded forms, well-defined elbow knobs, treatment of the nose and mouth resemble two illustrated by Skinner (1966, pp.26 and 28, figs.33 and 40), the first from the Bay of Islands, the second in the Thomson collection

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