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A MAORI FEATHER BOX AND COVER, waka huia
The box of elliptical form, the handles carved as stylized figures, the large heads with partly haliotis-shell inlaid eyes, one with pierced nose, mouths showing tongue, body with bent legs and hands resting on the tighs, the surface of box and cover carved with geometric patterns and scrolls, box with dark-brown glossy patina
40 cm wide
The box of elliptical form, the handles carved as stylized figures, the large heads with partly haliotis-shell inlaid eyes, one with pierced nose, mouths showing tongue, body with bent legs and hands resting on the tighs, the surface of box and cover carved with geometric patterns and scrolls, box with dark-brown glossy patina
40 cm wide