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Buyers Premium:

There is a 15% buyers premium plus GST on this premium.

Location

Auction to be held at 12 Akepiro St, Mt Eden, Auckland.

Auction

Tribal Art Auction

Including The World ClassKenneth Athol WebsterCollection

Part III

An important and rare collection of Maori

Artefacts returned to New Zealand from England.

Friday 18th March 10am-5pm

Sunday 20th March 10am-3pm

Monday 21st March 9am-4pm

Tuesday 22nd March 9am-4pm

Viewing

Tuesday 22nd March 2011, 6pm start.

Maori & Paciic Arteacts

Oceanic & Arican Arteacts


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C O L L E C T A B L E S A U C T I O N1 1 & 1 2 A P R I L 2 0 1 1

Vitrually all items to be sold at no reserve

Comprising a major collection rom a 19th C. New Zealand Chemist sho

A large collection o Swarovski in original packaging

A large collection o coins - mostly NZ proo, commemorative medallio

Waitangi crown, gold & silver

A large collection o Bossons.

A N T I Q U E A U C T I O N9 & 1 0 M A Y 2 0 1 1E N T R I E S I N V I T E D

Futher suitable entries invited until March 31st.

Oriental

SilverEstate Jewellery

Furniture

Porcelain

Collectables

T R I B A L A R T A U C T I O NN O V E M B E R 2 0 1 1E N T R I E S I N V I T E D

U P C O M I N G A U C K L A N D A U C T I O N S 2 0 1 1

F O R E N T R I E S A N D E N Q U I R I E S P H : 0 9 6 3 0 9 1 7 8 E M A I L d u n b a r . a k l @ x t r a . c o

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T r i b a l A r t A u c t i o n H i g h l i g h t s

I n c l u d i n g T h e W e b s t e r C o l l e c t i o n P a r t I I

1 4 S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 0

Captain Cook period ish hook $8102

18th C . wahaika $25,465 18th C. tekote ko $43,985

Captain Cook period canoe prow $18,520

Large greywacke stone adze $12,732

Rar e contact pe r iod ta iaha $16,205


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Maor i par e $37,040

18th C. greenstone mere $26,622

Captain Cook pe r iod waka huia e ather $28,937


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at the original f actory in Jackson, Ohio, U.S.A.

The Airstream travel trai ler is world-renowned f or its iconic stream - l ined

appearance and hand-built craf tsmans attention to detail .

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There are three brand new 2010 trailers in New Zealand of var ying models,

interior colour schemes and layouts. Please contact Mr Sloane Sr on

09 630 9178 or email dunbar.akl@ xtra.co.nz if you are a serious prospective

buyer that would l ike to view. Having visited the f actory in Ohio, Mr Sloane Sr

can answer most queries, indicate prices and advise about NZ conditions f or

importing etc.

AIRSTREAM


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Tribal Art Auction

Including The World ClassKenneth Athol Webster

CollectionPart III

Tuesday 22nd March 2011, 6pm start.

Note:Pre-sale estimates are intended as a general guide only and are prepared well in advance o the sale. All lots,depending on the degree o competition, can realise prices above or below the given estimates.

VIEWING

Friday 18th March 10am-5pm

Sunday 20th March 10am-3pm

Monday 21st March 9am-4pm

Tuesday 22nd March 9am-4pm

ARTEFACTS

Buyers of Maori artefacts

All arteacts that have a Y number can only be purchased by those that are registered collectorswith the M inistry or Culture and Heritage. These collectors have a registered number which is

shown to us beore you can pick up the items.Y number arteacts cannot leave the country without written permission rom the M inistry.I you are not a registered collector, you can apply to the M inistry or Culture and Heritage tobecome one. Forms are in the back o this catalogue. You can register as a collector i you usuallyreside in New Zealand.In such circumstances you can bid and pay or your purchases immediately, but you cannot uplitthem until you produce your registered collector number.

Note:There are no restrictions on the purchase o Maori items that have no Y number.There are no restrictions on Paciic Island or other arteacts rom around the world.

Dating of Artefacts :

Pre - European - Beore Captain Cook (1760s and earlier)Captain Cook Period - 1760s to 1790sContact Period - 1790s to 1840sTrading & Collecting Period - 1850s to 1920s


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Please read this forward written by Kenneth Athol Webster. London 1948.

The late Edward Armytage ormed what was probably one o the nest private collections o Maori

jade items in existence.

Edward Armytage was a man o many interests, but his ruling passion, at least in the latter years o

his lie, was his collection o Maori jade arteacts.

Between the two wars Armytage made three trips to New Zealand, and during those visits he got

many o his specimens, oten direct rom Maori owners and on more than one occasion by personal

nds on old inhabited sites. One or two pieces were bought in Australia where they had probably

been taken by early voyagers and whalers. Some o the pieces were bought at sales and rom

dealers in London and other places in Britain, and these, unortunately, were not localised as were

most o the specimens he obtained in New Zealand and Australia.

By ar the largest group accession to the collection was when he bought the Maori jade collection

o T.E. Donne in 1944. This was largely composed o items rom the White collection and it will not

be irrelevant here to give a brie history o these pieces.

At some time beore the end o last century White sold his collection to an English buyer. The late

Augustus Hamilton, Director o the then Colonial Museum at Wellington, laid a paper beore the

House o Representatives in 1902 on the need or a National Maori Museum and or legislation to

stop the export of further valuable Maori material from the country. In this paper he named several

important collections that had been sold out o New Zealand in recent years, and among them he

lamented the loss o the White collection. Little could he oresee the chain o circumstance that

would take the better part o the collection home again.

The person or whom the collection was bought died, and it was deposited on loan in the Bristol

Museum. Thence the bulk o it was bought years later by T.E. Donne, at that time N.Z. Trade

Commissioner in London. Towards the closing years o his lie Mr. Donne resolved to sell his Maoricollection by auction, and I made strenuous eorts to get somebody in Great Britain to buy the

collection or New Zealand. Eventually I met Armytage and introduced him to Donne with the

result that he bought all o Donnes jade. The immediate necessity was accomplished to keep the

collection intact.

Seven months later, in February, 1945, Donne died at the age o

85, and a year later Armytage died, aged 52.

Here was a situation that called or urgent action.

Eventually, authority was given to me to select or the Dominion

Museum specimens to the value o 400, with the agreement that

I should also select specimens or my own collection.

Those pieces bought by the Dominion and Auckland Museums

are now back in New Zealand, and as my own collection will soon

be returning there, too, one can eel satisaction that the whole o

this great collection has at last returned home. Webster sold his

collection in 1962 to a New Zealander, Mr A. Meit.


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An introduction to Mr Meit by Dunbar Sloane Sr

Andy Meit, a gentleman, was a good riend o mine and his amily have asked me over the years to

dispose o the Webster collection by auction. This is virtually the last o the great collections and

an opportunity or serious collectors and museums to enhance their collection o pre - European,

Captain Cook period and contact period rare and important Maori arteacts.

Webster was a collector dealer who repatriated a signicant slice o New Zealands heritage that he

had sourced in the United Kingdom.

He was born in Wellington and educated at Victoria University. Ater employment in the wool

industry he armed in Taranaki and then worked his passage to England as a steward in 1936.

There he held a variety o jobs beore being called up and served in the Royal Ordnance. In 1944, hemarried Leila, a nurse rom New Zealand who was working in London. At the end o the war he held

the rank o Captain.

He then became a collector/dealer and published the Armytage collection o Maori Jade (1948) and

was involved in the sale o William Oldmans Pacic collection to the New Zealand government. He

also wrote articles or Apollo (1951) and or the Journal or the Polynesian Society (1956 and 1957).

Webster became a sel appointed procurer to the New Zealand museums, and in their name

exchanged material he had found in small English country museums and private museums which

were disposing o their collections, and in one case, just beore it was consigned to the local tip!

The great ethnographic collector, James Hooper made exchanges with him on the assumption that

the items would go to New Zealand, only to see some o them reappear in English collections.

In 1962 he moved from Belsize Park, London to Colchester and planned to create a privatemuseum. He collected a vast quantity o New Zealand related material including ephemera,

paintings and arteacts.

When Webster died (o a heart attack whilst gardening) his wie returned to Auckland. The Turnbull

Library made acquisitions rom his library and also hold many o his paintings and personal papers.

His catalogues and a sample o his Maori arteact collection are in Te Papa.

The above inormation and photograph is supplied by Hermione Watereld and Michael Graham-

Stewart. A chapter on Webster is to be included in Hermione Waterelds book, Twelve dealers and

collections in England, 1770 to 1970.

Some of these tikis and other jade items arrived in England in 1900 (ex the John White Collection).

They were then acquired by T.E. Donne at the time he was the NZ Trade Commission in London.The Donne collection was purchased by Edward Armytage, (who died shortly aterwards in 1946).

Webster arranged for the collection to be expatriated to NZ, also selecting items for himself.

Other pieces went to the Dominion and Auckland museums.

Ken Webster was the last o the pre-1950 collectors. He swapped items with Hooper, searched the

auction houses, car boot sales, antique and second-hand shops o the United Kingdom and Europe.

He also purchased and swapped with private U.K. collectors. His well-trained eye was attuned to

items of exceptional patina, age and shape.

It was about 1962 when Ken Webster oered this, the last part o his private collection, to the

New Zealand Government. They declined the oer. Our vendor (now deceased) stepped in andpurchased the collection o Ken Webster in the UK. It was his wish to see it returned to New Zealand

and is now being oered by his amily to collectors, museums and galleries.

Kenneth Athol Webster (1906-196 7)



118th C. Rare Maori Fish Hook (Matau).Wooden shank that is extended to orm the point limb with a short bone point.Carved tiki ace on bend.

Lashed snood and line. L. 13cm (excluding line).Webster Collection No. 522.Y15607.(Webster).$1400-2500


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2Captain Cook Maori Fish Hook.Very rare sh hook rom the Captain Cook collection, taken to England by CaptainCook. With Captain Cook label; provenance 'Ex Methodist Missy. Socy. Given to socy

rom Cassiobury Park Museum (Private) about 1900. Museum ormed largely romMissionary Sources'.Wooden shank, with very sharp bone point. Lashed snood and line.L.9cm (excluding line).Webster Collection No. 1015.Y15609.(Webster).$2000-$4000



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Late 18th C. Period Maori Composite

Shark Hook.

Wooden shank limb with serratedbone point. Lashed snood and line.L. 14cm (excluding line).Webster Collection No. 246.Y15602.

(Webster).$600-1400

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Late 18th C. Composite Shark Hook.

Full bodied wooden shank limb withbeautiully carved snood knob, andsmall bone point. Lashed snood andline.L. 16cm (excluding line).Webster Collection No. 521.

Y15599.(Webster).$2000-4000

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Shark Hook.Wooden shank limb with bone point.Lashed snood and line.L. 10cm (excluding line).Webster Collection No. 1075.Y15612.

(Webster).$600-1400

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Late 18th C. Composite Shark Hook.

Wooden shank limb with smallserrated bone point. Lashed snoodand line.L. 13cm (excluding line).Webster Collection No. 382.Y15605.

(Webster).$2000-4000

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Shark Hook.

Wooden shank limb with serratedbone point. Lashed snood and line.L. 11cm (excluding line).Webster Collection No. 602.Y15603.

(Webster).$600-$1400

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Early 19th C. Maori Shark Hook.

Metal 'U' shaped point with axbre snood and line. L. 8cm, W. 6cm(excluding line).Webster Collection No. 1489?Y15600.(Webster).

$400-900

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Pre-European Maori Barracuda

Hook (Okooko).

Straight large shank with anunbarbed serrated bone point whichis rendered more secure by a smallwooden wedge driven into a hole.The shank has an outer snood knob.L. 17cm.Webster Collection No. 452.Y15606.(Webster).

$1800-3000

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Unique Contact Period Maori Large

Trolling Fish Hook (Pa Kahawai).

Paua shell shank decorated withnotches with sharp bone point -could be bird beak? Lashed snoodand line. L. 12cm (excluding line).Webster Collection No. 1078.Y15604.(Webster).$1000-2000

11Late 18th C. Maori One-Piece Shark

Hookmade o one piece o wood,most likely rimu. Inner and outerbarbs. W. 14cm, L. 20cm.Y15601.(Webster).$2600-5000

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Contact Period Maori Shark Hook.

Metal 'U' shaped point lashed withax bre snood and line. W. 6cm.Y15610.(Webster).$400-900

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Contact Period Maori Shark Hook.

Metal 'U' shaped point lashed withax bre snood and line (broken o).

W. 4.5cm.Y15611.(Webster).$400-900

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Pre-European Maori Barracuda

Hook (Okooko).

Straight thick shank with anunbarbed bone point which isrendered more secure by a smallwooden wedge driven througha hole. The shank has an outersnood knob.L. 15cm.Y15608.(Webster).

$300-500

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18th C. Stone Carved Whakawae.

Door jamb that holds up thecarved lintel rom a door porch.Three tiki gures are carved withpaua shell eyes, one male and twoemale. Has a brown addressedenvelope that comes with it.L. 110cm, W. 12cm.Webster Collection No. 905.Y15655.(Webster).

$20,000-50,000

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16Late 18th C. Stone Carved Oval Waka Huia Lidded Box.With spiral carving all over the underneath with two tiki bodies as handles each end, maleand emale. Lid has two tiki gures and partially carved in whakarare style carving.L. 42cm, W. 12cm.Y15654.(Webster).$8000-20,000


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Early 19th C. Wooden Maori Teko Teko.

Female tiki gure with hands on stomach.Stressed condition needs proessional clean.L. 48cm.Y15656.(Webster).$7000-15,000

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A Book, 'The Armytage Collection o Maori Jade', written

by K. Athol Webster.

Published 1948.Made and printed by 'The Cable Press', London, England.It is a very rare book that is out o print. Webster haswritten inside the ront cover, 'To Paul Meit with goodwishes rom A.K. Webster. 23/IV/61'.80 black and white pages.$200-400

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Early 19th C. Hawkes Bay Bird Snare (Mutu).

Given by the local chie to Mrs Sidwell's (nee Lambert)daughter (who was the rst white emale born in thePorongahau region, south coast Hawkes Bay).Carved knob and head.L. 25cm, W. 14.5cm.Y11077.$2800-4000

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19th C. Wooden Maori Carved Pipe.

Beautifully carved with lizard and Maori tattooed head.L. 8cm, including mouth pieceL. 13cm.Y No. to be assessed.$500-1000

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Rare Pre-European Early 18th C. Maori Steering Paddle (Hoe Urunga).

Tiki carved on the blade with a ridge running down the centre ending in a raised design, the point o the blade is slightlythickened. A well worn curious gure at very end o shat. From the Northland region.Re; Plate 63, No. 55, 'The Oldman Collection o Maori Arteacts'.L. 195cm.Y15657.$8000-$16,000

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Early Contact Period Maori

Bone Fishing Point.L. 3.5cm.Webster Collection No.1471.Y15231.(Webster).$100-150

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Barbed & Serrated BonePoint.

L. 9cm.Webster Collection No.1252.Y15228.(Webster).$100-300

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Barbed Shell Point.

L. 5cm.Webster Collection No.1453.Y15233.(Webster).$100-200

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One-Piece 'U' Shaped BoneHook.

L. 5cm.Webster No. 1262.Y15232.(Webster).$100-200

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Bone Piece From a Hook.

L. 8cm.Webster No. 1266.Y15226.(Webster).$50-100

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Bone Barbed & Serrated

Point, rom a shing hook.L. 11cm.Webster Collection No. 595.Y15234.(Webster).$200-400

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One-Piece 'U' Shaped FullBodied Bone Hook,

broken in hal.L. 8cm.Webster Collection No.1452.Y15229.(Webster).$50-100

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One-Piece 'U' Shaped BoneFishing Hookwith outerserrations.L. 6.5cm., WebsterCollection No. 1264.Y15243.(Webster).$200-300

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Early Contact Period Maori BarbedBone Point with notches at basewhere it would have been lashed.L. 4cm.Webster No. 1251.Y15227.(Webster).$100-200

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Early Contact Period Maori One-

Piece 'U' Shaped Bone Fishing Hook.Nice and at.W. 5cm.Webster Collection No. 1256.Y15230.(Webster).$200-400

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Early Contact Period Maori One-Piece 'U' Shaped Bone Fishing Hook.

W. 5cm.Webster Collection No. 1254.Y15242.(Webster).$200-400

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Early Contact Period Maori Serrated

& Barbed Bone Point, o a shing

hook.L. 7cm.Webster Collection No. 1053.Y15245.(Webster).$200-300

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Early Contact Period Maori BarbedShell Point o a composite shinghook, broken into two pieces.L. 6cm.Webster Collection No. 1454.Y15237.(Webster).$100-200

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Early Contact Period Maori Barbed &

Serrated Bone Point, with hour glasshole down one end.L. 5cm.Webster Collection No. 1472.Y15238.(Webster).$100-200

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The 'Kroneld Mere' - Rare & Magnicent 18th C.

Greenstone Mere.

History: Known as the Kroneld mere (also, the 'P&Omere') ater the rst collectors, Dr. and Mrs M. Kroneld,who presented it to the NZ Shipping Company Ltd.Dr Kroneld was the Port Health Ofcer in Wellington,

which meant requent contact with P&O crew andsta. This mere was displayed in a solid box especiallymade by the ships carpenter and placed under theboard room clock on the R.M.S. Ruahine which wenton the London passenger service run.The plaque read: "An old jade weapon o war (PatuPounamu) rom the pre-European period o NewZealand".Pre-European meres were once owned by a chie orank and authority.Large well worn stone drilled hour glass hole,beautiul medium green colour with waves o whiteeathering.Provenance:Unknown Maori Chie; Dr Kroneld; NZ ShippingCompany Ltd.Note: P&O purchased NZSCo. then Dubai Portspurchased P&O. Dubai Ports did not want thehistorical mere and asked Dunbar Sloane Auckland tosell it.L. 38cm.Y10713.$20,000-40,000


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Late 17th/Early 18th C. Large Highly Important Greenstone Tiki o a classic pre-European shape. Typicalo what was in the oldman collection. Showing goaty beard, strong neckline, big head, hands on stomachand hip. In the contact period red sealing wax was added to the eyes for decoration. Worn all over due toage. Overall colour is dark green with black specks.L. 12cm, W. 7cm.Y10925.$20,000-40,000



38A Contact Period Beautiully Stone CarvedWooden Canoe Prow.Spiral carvings all over, with a manaia birdgure at top o stem one paua shell eye onone side. Maori ace at base.H. 43.5, W. 7.5cm.

Y15650.(Webster).$5,000-10,000


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39Contact Period Stone Carved Maori Small Wooden War Canoe Prow (Tauihu).Carved rom one piece o wood, head raised (missing tongue), shoulders back (missing arms), withtwo spirals (pitau) between gure and splash board mounted with gure.H. 15cm, L. 30cm, W. 10cm.Y15652.(Webster).

$5000-10,000



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Late 19th C. Maori Large Food Bowl(Kumete) o elliptical orm. Carved allover with a central ridge consisting otwo stylised anthropomorphic guresseparated by a central loop, the eyeso each gure inlaid with paua shells.Each side o the lid carved with a largetiki head with inlaid paua shell eyesand nose, within carved curvilinearpattern. The base with gureheadsat each end and tiki-style inlaid with

paua shell eyes on each side. Kumeteswould be used or the purpose oserving up preserved birds to visitorso rank. This kumete was discoveredin England.H. 35cm, L. 71cm.Y14551.$6500-11,000

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Early Contact Period Maori One-Piece 'U' Shaped Bone Hookwith baitstring (papaikai) still attached; lashedsnood and line.L. 2.5cm.Webster Collection No. 621.Y15231.(Webster).$200-300

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Two Early Contact Period Maori BoneFishing Hook Pieces.

One piece has notched snood knob.L. 5cm. Webster Collection No. 1460.Other piece could be part o a onepiece bone sh hook. L. 5.5cm.Webster Collection No. 1463.Y15241, Y15240.(Webster).$150-300 (2)

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Two Contact Period Maori BoneFishing Barbed Points with groovesor lashing onto shank.L. 4cm. Webster Collection No. 1249.L. 4cm. Webster Collection No. 1250.Y15235, Y15236.(Webster).$200-300 (2)

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Two Contact Period Maori Bone

Fishing Points. One sharp withgrooves or lashing onto shank.L. 4cm. Webster Collection No. 1462.Other barbed with grooves orlashing onto shank. L. 3cm. WebsterCollection No. 1470.Y15246, Y15244.(Webster).$200-300 (2)

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Two Contact Period Maori Bone

Fishing Barbed Points. Both havecarved lateral bait cleats probablyused in trolling hooks.L. 5cm. Webster Collection No. 1461.L. 4cm. Webster Collection No. 1465.Y15247, Y15248.(Webster).$200-400 (2)

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Contact Period Maori Bone One-Piece 'U' Shaped Hook.

L. 7cm.Webster Collection No. 1594.Y15581.(Webster).$100-300

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Contact Period Maori Bone One-

Piece 'U' Shaped Hook.L. 6cm.Webster Collection No. 1253.Y15583.(Webster).$100-200

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Contact Period Maori Bone Barbed

Point o a sh hook, with hour glass

hole drilled at bottom.L. 7cm.Webster Collection No. 1467.Y15584.(Webster).$200-300

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Contact Period Maori Bone Shank

From a Trolling Hookwith hour glasshole and bevelled end. L. 9cm.Webster Collection No. 1455.Y15585.(Webster).$100-200

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Contact Period Maori Bone One-

Piece 'U' Shaped Hookwith barbed

point and grooves or bait string.L. 3.5cm.Webster Collection No. 1051.Y15582.(Webster).$100-200

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Contact Period Large Maori Bone One-Piece 'U'

Shaped Hook. L. 10cm. Webster Collection No. 1595.Y15579.(Webster).$200-300

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An Early 19th C. Huia Bird Feather. Feathers were stuckinto the topknot by their quills. The tail eathers o thehuia were regarded as the most valuable and werekept in waka huia treasure boxes. The huia bird is now

extinct. L. 20.5cm.Y15680.(Webster).$800-1600

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An Early 19th C. Huia Bird Feather. See above lot orurther inormation. L. 20.5cm.Y15678.(Webster).$800-1600

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Early Contact Period c.1790sSuperbly Carved Oval Waka Huia

Lidded Box.

Spiral carving; suspension pointcarved with two giant tiki aces eachend with paua shell eyes (one eyemissing). Male and emale tiki gurescarved on the underside in sexualconnection, with two paua shell insetson male gure. The lid has a raisedserpentine shaped carved handle.

Hairline split one end with stapleinside and a tiny patch.L. 43cm, W. 16cm.Y15060.(Webster).$12,000-20,000

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A Rare Contact Period Maori FishHook & Line. One piece in-turnedpoint shell hook, bait string (pakaikai)still attached. Lashed snood and lineattached to wooden stick with notchon one end.L. 13cm o stick, L. 3.5cm o hook.Webster Collection No. 518.Y15578. (Webster).$900-1800

56Contact Period Maori Branched FishHook. Twisted wooden shank withmetal hook lashed with ax breonto end. (The shank was producedby tying young branches apart andallowing them to become xed bygrowth). W. 11cm. Webster CollectionNo. 543. Y15577. (Webster).$300-600

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Contact Period Maori Trolling FishHook (Pa Kahawai).

Used or catching kahawai. Woodenshank, paua shell laminate, inner andouter barbed bone point (kawiti).Lashed snood and line.L. 9.5cm (excluding line).Webster Collection No. 1484.Y15576.(Webster).$700-1500

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Contact Period Maori Trolling Fish

Hook (Pa Kahawai).

Wooden shank, paua shell laminate,inner barbed bone point (kawiti).Some lashed snood, no line.L. 8.5cm. Originally rom the EdwardArmytage Collection No. 47264.

Y15250. (Webster).$700-1500

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Hook (Pa Kahawai).

Wooden shank, paua shell laminateinner barbed bone point. Lashedsnood and line.L. 10cm (excluding line).Y15249.(Webster).$700-1500

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Hook (Pa Kahawai).Thick paua shell shank, inner barbedbone point. No snood or line.L. 11.5cm (excluding line).Webster Collection No. 461.Y15580.(Webster).$700-1500

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A Rare Contact Period Maori Trolling

Fish Hook (Pa Kahawai).

This hook has no wooden shank andis thereore an older pa kahawai aslater Maori gured out that paua shellalone was too thin to orm strongshanks that could cope with thestrain. Also this hook has a paua shellpoint that has an outer barb. Lashedsnood and line. L. 7.5cm (excludingline).Webster Collection No. 1077.Y15598.(Webster).$800-1900

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Hook (Pa Kahawai). Wooden shank,paua shell laminate, inner barbedbone point. Lashed snood, no line.L. 12cm.Webster Collection No. 1102.Y15597.(Webster).$700-1500

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Hook (Pa Kahawai).

Wooden shank, paua shell laminate,inner barbed bone point.Lashed snood and line.L. 10.5cm (excluding line).Webster Collection No. 1539.

Y15596.(Webster).$700-1500

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Hook (Pa Kahawai).Wooden shank, paua shell laminate,inner barbed bone point. Partiallashed snood, some line intact.L. 10.5cm.Webster Collection No. 619.Y15595.(Webster).

$700-1500

65

Rare Contact Period Maori TrollingFish Hook (Pa Kahawai).

This hook has no wooden shank andis thereore an older pa kahawai. Innerand outer barbed bone point.Lashed snood and line.L. 10cm (excluding line).Webster Collection No. 1079.Y15594.(Webster).$900-1600

66


Hook (Pa Kahawai).Wooden shank, paua shell laminate,inner barbed bone point.No snood or line.L. 10cm.Webster Collection No. 1268.Y15593.(Webster).$500-1200


Hook (Pa Kahawai).

Wooden shank, paua shell laminate,inner barbed bone point.Lashed snood, no line.L. 8cm.Y15592.(Webster).$600-1300

68


Hook (Pa Kahawai).

Wooden shank, paua shell laminate.Inner barbed bone point. Someeather bre ragments in lashedsnood point. Lashed snood and line.L. 8.5cm (excluding line).

Webster Collection No. ?02.Y15591.(Webster).$700-1500

69

Early 19th C. Contact Period MaoriTrolling Fish Hook (Pa Kahawai).

Metal shank, paua shell laminate andmetal point. Lashed snood and line.L. 11cm (excluding line).Webster Collection No. 1274.Y15590.(Webster).

$400-800

70


Wooden shank, paua shell laminate.Lashed snood and line.Inner barbed bone point.L. 9.5cm (excluding line).Webster Collection No. 1105.Y15589.(Webster).$700-1500


Hook (Pa Kahawai).

Wooden shank, paua shell laminate.Inner and outer barbed bone point.Lashed snood and line.L. 13cm (excluding line).Webster Collection No. 1538.Y15587.(Webster).$700-1500

72


Wooden shank, paua shell laminate.Inner barbed bone point.Lashed snood and line.L. 10.5cm (excluding line).Y15588.(Webster).$700-1500


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Contact Period Maori Subcircular

One-Piece Bone Fish Hook, withserrations and small serrated knobson outer edge o hook.Lashed snood and line.W. 7cm.Webster Collection No. 486.Y15586.(Webster).$800-1600

74

An Early 19th C. Huia Bird Feather.

Feathers were stuck into the topknotby their quills. The tail eathers othe huia were regarded as the mostvaluable and were kept in waka huiatreasure boxes. The huia bird is nowextinct.L. 20cm.Y15677.(Webster).$800-1600

75

An Early 19th C. Huia Bird Feather.

Feathers were stuck into the topknotby their quills. The tail eathers othe huia were regarded as the mostvaluable and were kept in waka huiatreasure boxes. The huia bird is nowextinct.L. 19.5cm.Y15679.(Webster).$800-1600


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76Extremely Rare 17th C. Greenstone Merewith old hand drilled hour glass hole anda suggestion o one ridge on the butt. Verygood green colour greenstone with smallblack fecks. Little nibbles to edge.L. 30.5cm.Y15646.(Webster).$15,000-30,000



7720th C. Greenstone Peka Peka with serrated paua shelleyes. Carved by Charlie Wilson, good quality.L. 6.5cm.No Y number needed.$600-1000

78Contact Period or Earlier Maori Wooden Waka Huia

Lidless Box. Rare early large oblong shape. Carved bottomin koru and semi circular pattern with two manaia gureson each end (our in total). Sides are not carved. No lid.L. 50cm, W. 15.5cm.

Y15653.(Webster).$4000-8000

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Early 19th C. Maori Wooden Short Club (Wahaika).Carved human gure (marakihau) on incurve and a carvedhead to butt. Knots in pohutukawa wood and wood is abit stressed. Sometime in 19th C. a steel-bit hole has beendrilled.L. 35cm.Y15649.

(Webster).$4000-8000

80

Rare & Beautiul Heberley 18th C. Maori Wood & 18ct.Gold Pipe.

Carved tattooed aces with tiny paua shell eyes on thebowl. 'Kia Ora' is carved on the underside o the pipe. Thegold bands are marked 18ct. and hallmarked G.P. (maybeGeorge Pretkethly - NZ jeweller and goldsmith). Alsomarked Christeson, who was a Wellington tobacconist.

The carver is Tom Heberley.L. 12.5cm.Y15668.$1500-3000

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Pre-European South Island Maori Greenstone Adze

(Toki), probably used or canoe hating. Found on a beachsouth o Ashburton. Cutting grove one side. Probably beenin the sea, good rare pale colour (some pitting).L. 32cm.Y14958.$1500-2500

82

19th C. Maori Kiwi Feather Kete Bag with ax line

and tassels. Long light brown kiwi feathers in excellentcondition.W. 18cm, H. 14cm.Y10757.$2000-3000

83

19th C. Maori Whalebone Kotiate (Short Club). Twogures carved on each side o the blade, paua shell eyeinsets (one missing). Manaia carved butt, with wax inlleyes.L. 34.5cm.Y09504.(Webster).(Ex Webster Part 1, November 2002 auction).$6000-9000

84Superb Stone Adze (Toki). Would have been used orelling large trees. Nice smooth stone and good cuttingedge with a small chip, dened side edges. Stone isblackened by re. Greywacke type stone.L. 30cm.Y15666.$800-1200

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85

19th C. Maori Teko Teko Gable Figure.L. 83cm.Y13863.$3000-$5000

86

Rare Early Contact Period Maori Fishing

Sinker. White stone/quartz? with rope grooveand rope attached both ends.L. 4.5cm o sinker.Webster Collection No. 1290.Y15644.

(Webster).$800-2000

87

Rare Early Contact Period Maori Fishing

Sinker. Orange stone/quartz? with ropegroove and rope attached both ends.L. 5cm o sinker.Webster Collection No. 1292.Y15645.(Webster).$800-2000

88

Early Contact Period Maori Whalebone

Cloak Pin (Rei Puta).

L. 14.5cm.Webster Collection No. 11?Y15635.(Webster).$700-1500

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Contact Period Maori Twisted FlaxFibre Rope Bundle.

Note attached saying:'Taken overseas by Mr Carrington whobuilt the rst town in NZ, they oundit remarkable how tight and neat thetwist is without the use o machinery'.Bundle L. 16cm (not rope length).Y15647.(Webster).$100-300

90Three 18th C. Maori Mako Shark

Teeth Ear Ornaments. Originally romEdward Armytage Collection.L. 4cm, E. Armytage Collection No.153. L. 3cm, E. Armytage CollectionNo. 154. L. 4cm, E. ArmytageCollection No. 158.Y15636, Y15637, Y15638.(Webster).$300-600 (3)

91

Twelve Wooden Maori Needles.

Average length 9.5cm.Originally Edward ArmytageCollection No. 47767-47778.No. 451-462 are inscribed whichwould be Webster Collection No.Y15634.1-Y15634.12(Webster).$100-300 (12)

92

Five Bone Maori Needles.

Originally Edward ArmytageCollection No. 47314-47317.No. 435-439 are inscribed whichwould be Webster Collection No.L. 9.2cm longest needle, L. 6cmshortest needle.Y15639, Y15640, Y15641, Y15642,Y15643.(Webster).$400-800 (5)

93

19th C. Maori Hand Made Rope/Fishing Line. Taken overseas by MrCarrington who laid out the rst townin New Zealand.L. 10cm (length o bundle).Y15648.(Webster).$100-300

94

Late 18th C. Maori Greenstone Ear

Pendant (Kuru). Light green colour,

rounded orm with hour glass hole.L. 7.5cm.Y15632.(Webster).$500-1000

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Late 18th C. Maori Greenstone EarPendant (Kuru). Lovely green colour,rounded orm with hour glass hole.L. 7.5cm.Y15633.(Webster).$500-1000

96

Contact Period Maori Greenstone

Ear Pendant/Chisel with hourglass suspension hole. Some Maori

cratsmen would wear their chisel asan ear pendant as a sae way to keephis tool.L. 4cm.Webster Collection No. 418.Y15629.(Webster).$300-800

97

Contact Period Maori GreenstoneChisel/Ear Pendant with hourglass suspension hole. Some Maoricratsmen would wear their chisel asan ear pendant as a sae way to keephis tool.L. 4cm.Y15630.(Webster).$300-800

98

Contact Period Maori GreenstoneChisel/Ear Pendant with hourglass suspension hole. Some Maoricratsmen would wear their chisel asan ear pendant as a sae way to keephis tool.L.3.5cm.Y15626.(Webster).$300-800

99

Contact Period Maori GreenstoneChisel (Whao). Light green colour.L. 4.5cm.Y15631.(Webster).$200-600

100


Chisel (Whao). Green and goldencolour.L. 4cm.

Webster Collection No. 410?Y15628.$200-600

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101Contact Period Maori Greenstone

Chisel (Whao). Dark green colour.L. 4cm.Webster Collection No. 751.Y15621.(Webster).$200-600

102


Chisel (Whao). Light green colour.L. 3cm.

Y15627.(Webster).$200-600


Chisel (Whao). Dark green colour.L. 4.5cm.Webster Collection No. 745.Y15625.(Webster).$200-600

104

Late 18th C. Maori Greenstone Ear

Pendant (Kuru). Light green colour,rounded orm with hour glass hole.

L. 7cm.Y15042.(Webster).$500-1000


Chisel (Whao). Nice sharp edge.L. 6cm.Webster Collection No. 742.Y15624.(Webster).$200-600

106


Chisel (Whao). Light green colour.L. 5cm.

Y15623.(Webster).$200-400


Chisel (Whao). Golden green colour.L. 4cm.Y15622.(Webster).$200-600

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108Two Contact Period Maori

Greenstone Chisels (Whao). One withsharp edge, light green colour. Otherriver-worn and very smooth.L. 5cm. Webster Collection No. 759.L. 3cm.Y15620, Y15616.(Webster).$200-600 (2)

109

Contact Period Maori GreenstoneAdze, river-worn. L. 4.5cm.Originally rom the Edward ArmytageCollection No. 48068.Y15615.(Webster).$200-400


Adze with good cutting edge.L. 6cm.Y15618.(Webster).$400-600

111

Contact Period Stone Arrowhead.L. 4cm.Originally rom the Edward Armytage

Collection No. 47734.Y15614.(Webster).

112A Contact Period Obsidian Scrapper.Would have been used or scrapingax or scaling sh.L. 2.5cm.Originally rom the Edward ArmytageCollection No. 47833.Y15619.(Webster).$100-200

113

Contact Period Maori GreenstoneAdze. Sharp edge, smooth and river-worn around body.L. 9.2cm.Y15613.(Webster).$200-400

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Adze. Nice cutting edge with ropegroove or securing to hat.L. 6cm.Edward Armytage Collection No.47988?Y15617.(Webster).$500-700

115

Contact Period Maori GreenstoneHei Tiki. Beautiully stone carvedKawakawa type, old hour glasssuspension hole to back o head,good spinach green colour. Old break,missing bottom legs. Head to right,hands on thighs.L. 9cm.Y15049.(Webster).$5,000-10,000

11618th/19th C. North Auckland Stone

Adze (Toki). Greywacke type stone.L. 20cm.Y15087.$100-200

117

18th/19th C. Taranaki Stone Adze

(Toki) with some history.L. 13cm.Y15084.

$50-200

118

18th/19th C. North Auckland Hated

Stone Adze (Toki). Some chips.L. 16.5cm.Y15085.$50-100

11918th/19th C. Taranaki Stone Adze

(Toki). In good condition, no chips.L. 17cm.Y15086.$100-200

120

Early 20th C. Maori Carving o

a Stylised Waka with six manaiawith paua shell eyes and 12 waveprojections.

L. 78cm, H. 14cm (not includingstand). Y No. to be assessed.$400-800

121

18th/19th C. Taranaki Stone Adze(Toki). In good condition.L.14.5cm.Y15083.$100-200

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122

Small 18th/19th C. Taranaki Stone

Adze (Toki). L. 9cm.Y15079.$50-100

123

18th/19th C. Taranaki Adze (Toki).

In good condition.L. 12.5cm.Y15082.$100-200

124


Adze. Greenish colour.L. 7.3cm.Y15081.$50-100

125

18th/19th C. North Auckland Small

Stone Adze (Toki). Found in dunes atKeri Keri in 1972.L. 8cm.Y15080.$50-100

126

18th/19th C. Rare Stone Drill Point.

L. 5cm.Y15092.

$100-300

127


Hated Shape Adze (Toki). Beautiulsmooth shape; in excellent condition.L. 9cm.Y15078.$100-300

128

Fish Bladder Float/Pendant.Fish bladders were used by Maori asoats on lines and small nets whenshing. Toggle on end.L. 11cm.Y No. to be assessed.$100-200

129

18th/19th C. Taranaki Stone FishingSinker. No hole, just impression o it

being started.L. 8cm.Y15091.$200-400

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130Important 18th C. Taranaki Large

Stone Adze (Toki). In very goodcondition; rom Patea. Possibly pre-European. Good patina and smoothappearance, some old small chips halway down the adze, cutting edge isperect.L. 26cm.Y15090.$1000-2000

131A Superb Pre-European Stone Flax

Pounder (Patu Muka). Wonderulshape and proportions. Has a dometop on the handle. From the lowerNorth Island, possibly Foxton.L. 27.5cm.Y15088.$1500-3000

132Large 18th/19th C. Taranaki Stone

Sinker or a shing net. Groove orrope all the way around.L. 24cm.Y15089.$400-900

133

A Large Natural Greenstone River

Boulder. Water polished smooth;beautiul pale green colour.

L. 40cm, W. 20cm.Weight 12.2kg.No Y number needed.$5000-10,000

134Kahurangi Marsden Flower Jade

River Boulder. Smooth, deep greencolour.L. 40cm, W. 28cm.Weight 14.4kg.No Y number needed.$9000-14,000

135

Natural Greenstone Slab with longcut to one end. The cut reveals deep

even-green colour inside.L. 22cm, W. 14cm. Weight 2.1kg.No Y number needed.$200-800

13620th C. Greenstone Maori Tiki. Goodcolour; head to right shoulder, handson hips. L. 9cm.No Y number needed.$400-800

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133



13720th C. Maori Canoe Bailer romRotorua, (Maori Arts and CratsInstitute).L. 36cm.No Y number needed.$150-300

138

Late 19th C. Kauri Gum Chie's Headwith tattooed ace and eather cloak.H. 10cm.

No Y number needed.$160-400

139

Historical Whales Tooth From a

Russian Whaling Ship. Inscribed 'N.Z.Campble Station rom ss. "Gnevny".USSR. 14-15/I 65'.Tip o tooth is chipped; once wasmounted. L. 18cm.$500-1000

140Airtu Ahwito (Fungus). Consideredsacred and used as an indelible dye intattooing. Burnt to a cinder and mixedwith dog at and soot. What everremained ater each use was careullypreserved and handed down romather to son.L. 18cm.No Y number needed.$1000-1500

141Airtu Ahwito (Fungus). Consideredsacred and used as an indelible dye intattooing. Burnt to a cinder and mixedwith dog at and soot. What everremained ater each use was careullypreserved and handed down romather to son.L. 16cm.No Y number needed.$1000-1500

14218th C. Maori Bone Items.Comprising: 2 bone shing shanks;1 bone tip; 1 composite hook and apendant.Y14156, Y14174, Y14173, Y14154.$200-400 (5)

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138

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Airtu Ahwito (Fungus).Considered sacred and used as anindelible dye in tattooing. Burnt to acinder and mixed with dog fat andsoot. What ever remained ater eachuse was careully preserved andhanded down rom ather to son.Note: it is missing the stick with theungus on it.L. 6cm.No Y number needed.

$50-100

144Maori Stone Adze.

Some tiny chips to cutting edge.L. 20cm.Y13737.$50-100

145

Late 18th/Early 19th C. Maori Stone

Sinker. Slight old chipping to hourglass hole.H. 9cm.(Y No. to be assessed).$300-600

146

19th C. Maori Stone Adze.Flecked stone, tiny chips in cuttingedge.

L. 12.5cm.(Y No. to be assessed).$100-200

147

19th C. Maori Stone Adze.Nice cutting edge, worn butt.L. 12cm.(Y No. to be assessed).$100-200

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156

Early 19th C. Stone Patu.

Greenish colour; in excellent condition.Found in lower North Island river inabout 1947. Some marks o river or seaslugs that were attached at one stage butnow removed.Y No. to be assessed.L. 36cm.$8000-12,000

157

Early 19th C. Huia Bird Feather. Feathers

were stuck into the topknot by theirquills. The tail eathers o the huia wereregarded as the most valuable and werekept in waka huia treasure boxes. Thehuia bird is now extinct.L. 14.5cm.$1300-1500

158

Early 19th C. Huia Bird Feather. Featherswere stuck into the topknot by theirquills. The tail eathers o the huia wereregarded as the most valuable and werekept in waka huia treasure boxes. Thehuia bird is now extinct. This lot alsocomes with a 3cm huia breast eather.L. 14.5cm.$1000-3000

159

Flax Pui Pui Skirt with black and white

woollen border.W. 42cm.$50-100

160

20th C. Maori Carved Small Wooden Boxwith sliding lid. Carved all over.L. 12cm.Y No. to be assessed.$100-400

161Rare Contact Period/Early 19th C.Carved Oratory Stick. Carved by IhakaraTe Aukaha. L. 97cm. Y14058.$3000-5000

16219th C. Maori Flax Floor Mat (Whariki)c1830 - 1840. L. 270cm x W. 154cm.Y14047$2000-3000

163Late 19th/Early 20th C. Maori ChildsTaiaha Fighting Staf. With paua shellinlaid eyes. L. 102cm. Y13535$800-1200

16420th C. Brian Flintof WhalebonePendant & Wooden Base. 'Ika Whenua'With description and a small ax ketewoven by Heeni Kerekare. H. 12cm owooden base, pendant W. 6.5cm$400-700

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164160

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The ollowing Papua New Guinea collectionwas collected by Rev. Williams who was

based in a Catholic Missionary station

in Papua New Guinea in the 1930s. Rev.

Williams bought the collection back to

Christchurch beore WWII. Our vendor

purchased all the ollowing Papua NewGuinea arteacts of the Williams estate in

the 1980s. The necklaces rom the 1930s

were made rom clam shells, turtle shells,

seeds, tiny shells, and dog, sh and porpoiseteeth. (Shells were used or trade andcurrency).

170

Beautiul Late 19th/Early 20th C. Papua New

Guinea Necklace with coloured trade beadsand seeds, and a shell border.L. 50cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.$600-1200

171

Rare Late 19th/Early 20th C. Papua

New Guinea Necklace. Seed pod collarwith diamond shaped pendant made ocoloured trade beads and seeds with a shellborder.L. 40cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.

$400-800

172

Beautiul Late 19th/Early 20th C. Papua

New Guinea Anklet. With coloured tradebeads on hand made rope, and dog teethand seed pod hanging pendant/noisemaker decoration.L. 21cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.$150-300

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Superb Late 19th/Early 20th C.

Papua New Guinea Necklace. With aseed and coloured trade bead collarin a geometric pattern, and a curvedshell pendant. Slight damage to collar.L. 47cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.

$400-800

174

Stunning Late 19th/Early 20th C.

Papua New Guinea Necklace. Madeof shell and seed pods with six tasselson the bottom.L. 31cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.$200-400

175

Late 19th/Early 20th C. Papua New

Guinea Necklace. Made o smallcarved shell pieces.L. 58cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.$200-500

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176

19th C. Rare Papua New Guinea

Hand Made Pottery Bowl. Decoratedwith geometric cross hatched linesand small bumps around the rim.Found in the eld.H. 10cm, L. 21cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.$300-500

Papua New Guinea gures collected

early 1930s in the eld by Rev.

Williams. All gures let as ound by

the vendor when they bought themof Williams.

177


Guinea Wooden Hand Carved Male

Figure with big pectorals and shellseyes.H. 40cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.$250-400

178


Guinea Wooden Hand Carved Figure.

H. 24cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.$150-300

179

Late 19th/Early 20th C. Papua NewGuinea Hand Carved Wooden Figure

with shell eyes. Crack through theace.H. 22cm.

Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.$150-300

180


Guinea Hand Carved Wooden Figure.

H. 28cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.$150-300

181


Guinea Hand Carved Kneeling

Figure with almond carved eyes andeyebrows.H. 19cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.$150-300

182


Guinea Hand Carved Bearded Figure.

Whimsical expression; nice detailed

carving.H. 22cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.$150-300

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Guinea Hand Carved Figure. Split onthe stomach.H. 31.5cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.$150-300

184

Late 19th/Early 20th C. Papua NewGuinea Hand Carved Figure.

H. 37cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.

$250-400

185


Guinea Wooden Hand Carved Statue

o a gure on top o a tree kangaroo,with shell eyes and jewellery.H. 26cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.$150-300

186


Guinea Wooden Hand Carved Statueo a birdman gure holding his beard,with shell eyes. H. 41cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.$250-400

187

Late 19th/Early 20th C. Papua NewGuinea Hand Carved Wooden Figure

o a birdman. Found in the Ramu river.H. 28cm. Provenance: Rev. Williams

1930s.$150-300

188


Guinea Wooden Hand Carved Skull

Racko a emale gure with birds oneither side. Shell eyes and the item ispainted with light grey paint. L. 70cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.$800-1200

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189Late 19th/Early 20th C. Papua New

Guinea Wooden Spear Thrower withgeometric carving on both sides witha reddish paint. Hand made string stillattached in some places.L. 104cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.$500-1000

190

Rare Late 19th/Early 20th C. MassimCulture District Lime Gourd with

bone swivel stick. Beautiully carvedwith geometric patterns. Hand madeax twine.H. 29cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.$800-1600

191Late 19th/Early 20th C. Massim

Culture District Wooden Hand

Carved Bowl. Decorated with ash/sea creature. Traces o whitecolouring.H. 10cm, L. 42cm.Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s.$700-1200

192

Early 20th C. Small Aboriginal Shield.

Hand carved wooden elliptical shape

with handle. Decorated with brokenlines raming parallel lines in panelson both sides o the shield.L. 68cm.$300-500

193Aboriginal Heavy Wooden Club/

Spear Thrower. Hand carved withcircles and curved lines.L. 37cm.$100-150

194

Aboriginal Heavy Wooden Club.Hand carved with parallel lines anddots.L. 64cm.$600-1200

195

Aboriginal Boomerang. Hand carved.L. 53cm.$300-600

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196Arican Wooden Zulu Orators Staf

with a sot twist pattern carved on athird o the stick.L. 133cm.$1000-2000

197

19th C. Arican Wooden Headrest

From Congo in a wonderul woodselection with ethnic repair to splits.Carved rom one piece o wood. Niceplaited leather handle; smooth patina

all over.H. 18cm.$1000-2000

198Polynesian Clamshell Adze. L. 15cm.$600-1000

199Pacic Islands Paddle/Club with wideblade.L. 121cm.$100-300

200A Fijian Club (Gata), also known as'gunstock' club. Carved detailing allover; chip to top.L. 90cm.$500-800

201West Arican Maskwith vegetablebre braids.H. 24cm, W. 14cm.$150-300

202Fijian Throwing Club (Ula).

Lovely patina and diamond shapecarving to lower handle.L. 40cm.$450-900

203

Fijian Throwing Club (Ula).Lovely patina and triangle linedpattern to lower handle.L. 38cm.$400-800

204

Early 19th C. Large War Club.L. 107cm.$1000-2000

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20519th C. Samoan War Club.L. 64cm.$600-1000

206

19th C. Large Fijian Spear with traceso sennet bindings.L.218cm.$500-1000

20718th C. Rare and Important Large

Vanutau Chie's Foot Stamp WarClub.

Ten-point star head with kill notchesat base and head. Missionarycollected.L.125cm.$6000-8000

20819th C. Pacic Island Saw Bill Club.L. 74cm.$400-700

209

19th C. Samoan Wooden Axe/Club.L. 59cm.$400-800

210

19th C. Tongan Fly Whisk.L. 64cm.

$400-700

211

Santa Cruz Breast Pendant Shell withgeometric tortoise shell decoration.D. 15cm, L. 52cm.$1500-2500

212'Captain Tilly' Melanesia Breast

Pendant (Santa Cruz Group).

Shell with geometric tortoise shelldecoration.$1500-2500

213

Cook Island or Maori Stone Crop God

(ex Auckland Theosophical Society).H. 19cm.$2500-4000

214South Pacic Island Club. L. 31cm.$200-400

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215

Early 19th C. Wooden Fijian Priest'sOil Dish.L. 36cm.$2000-3000

216

Early 19th C. Cook Island Wooden(Atiu) Chie's Stool.

With original ne plated sennet cordon two legs (used or hanging).W.44cm, H. 15cm, D. 20cm.$2000-4000

217

Early 19th C. Tongan Wooden Pillow.

D. 11cm, W. 45cm, H. 16cm.$2000-4000

218

19th C. Arican Akan Wooden Chie'sStool. Reerence: 'Art & Arteacts, TheJames Hooper Collection' by StevenPhelpes, pg 380.H. 27cm, W. 41cm, D. 22cm.$1000-2000

219

19th C. Fijian Ceremonial Kava Bowl

in the shape o a sea turtle.H. 14cm, W. 55cm.$1000-2000

220

19th C. Polynesian Coconut Grating

Stool.

L. 59cm, W. 22cm, H. 25cm.$1800-3000

221

19th C. Samoan Kava Bowl with 12legs and suspension lug.D. 39cm, H. 15cm.$600-1000

222

19th C. Arican Wooden Four LeggedStool.H. 30cm, D. 37cm.$1000-1500

223

Arican Wooden Head Rest with twogures.H. 20cm, W. 21cm.$400-700

224Solomon Islands Dog Head withpainted black nose and pink gums.L.19cm.$200-400

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Hawaiian Wooden Poi Vessel withthree carved gods at base.H. 26.5cm.$1000-2000

226

Large Australian Boomerang withcarved emus and kangaroos etc.L. 80cm.$400-800

227Two 19th C. Golden Kauri Shells(used as Polynesian currency).L. 10cm.$300-400

228

Old & Rare 19th C. Fijian Tapa Cloth.L. 401cm, W. 80cm.$800-1500

229

Two Tapa Cloths, Fiji & Cook Island.Fiji cloth L. 190 x W. 131cm.Cook Island cloth L. 270 x W. 61cm.$300-500

230

Papua New Guinea Anstead Mask.

Made rom a whole tortoise shellbody. Ex Hudig Collection Wellington(Hudig visited Papua New Guinea orPhillips Electrical in the 1960s).

L. 30cm.$800-1500

The next six lots are rom an old

Papua New Guinea collection

c.1940s rom Upper Mendi Valley,

Southern Highlands.

231

Papua New Guinea Pig Killing Apron.

L. 80cm.$1000-2000

232

Papua New Guinea Apron with pig

tusks and beads.

L. 60cm.$800-1500

233

Papua New Guinea Woven Geko orLizard Figure. L. 60cm.$500-1000

234

Papua New Guinea Headdress Hat.

Made with hair; original beading hasgone.W. 54cm.$1000-2000

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Papua New Guinea Headdress Hat.

Made with hair; original yellow beads.W. 40cm.$1000-2000

236

Rare & Old Papua New Guinea

Chie's Hat. Made o vegetable breand decorated with painted clay/mud.H. 34cm, D. 34cm.$3000-5000

237

Society Islands Shell Breast Pendant.

L. 38cm, W. 18cm.$400-800

238

Important 19th C. Fijian Gunstock

Club. Carved with ripple eect on oneside up the top.L. 104cm.$1500-2500

239

45 Journals o 'The Journal o the

Polynesian Society'.

Selected Journals rom March 1922 -March 1937.

$500-1000

240

South Pacic Flax Woven Bag.L. 60cm.$50-100

241

Suku Fetish From Zaire, Arica.

Wooden gure with eather movablearms and ax skirt.H. 63cm.$200-300

242

Fon Fetish Figure From Benin, Arica.

Wooden gure painted with mud/claycarrying ceramic pots.H. 37cm.

$200-400

243

Makande Tribe Mask From Tanzania,Arica. Has ethnic repair work.L. 21cm (o wooden mask), W. 13cm.$150-300

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Makonde - Makua Tribal Group Maskrom Tanzania/ Mozambique.

Wooden mask with eather bloom inhair.H. 34cm, W. 20cm.$350-600

245Chokule Mask From Angola withvegetable bre braided hair andgeometric carved detailing.H. 18cm, W. 14cm.$200-400

246

Teke Figure From Zaire. Split to sideo head with ethnic repair.H. 37cm.$250-400

247

Baule Tribe Mouse Oracle (Gbekre),Divination Bowl rom Ivory Coast.

Used or ortune telling. The physicalapparatus o the gbekre is containedwithin a terracotta vessel inside ahollow wooden cylinder. A sheldivides the vessel into two distinctchambers, which are connected bya hole. The mice are placed in thelower chamber and pass throughthe hole into the upper chamber, inwhich the diviner has placed ten smallsticks (originally, bird or bat boneswere used). The small sticks, called

gbekre nyma ("eyes o the mice"),are coated with our and attached atone end with bre to the shell o anearth turtle. The actions o the micein the upper chamber change thepositions o the sticks, creating a newconguration that constitutes the signto be translated by the diviner.Lovely geometric border, lightlycarved, with gure carved in theround attached at the back. Split tothe side which has been repaired.H. 23cm, W. 17cm.

$400-800

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Baule Tribe Bird Mask From IvoryCoast. H. 28cm.$200-400

249

Baule Tribe Mask From Ivory Coast.Split to ace with repair. H. 31cm.$200-300

250

Lega Mask rom Zaire with ax beard.L. 38cm (including beard).$150-300

251

Guerre Mask From Liberia.Velvet patterned abric on orehead,

animal skin and hair in beard withvegetable bre hair.L. 24cm.$250-500

252

Kiwebe Mask, Songye Tribe From

Congo. Hollowed protruding mouth,alternating black and red ridgedangular ace.H.35cm, W.19cm.$350-700

253

Gio Mask From Liberia.L. 60cm, W. 18cm.$200-400

254

Baule Figure From Ivory Coast.Red beaded eyes, wood has splits.H. 30cm, W. 9cm.$100-200

255

A Royal Bamum Tribal Mask From

Cameroon Grasslands.

H. 39cm, W. 22cm (not including

stand).$500-900

256

Papua New Guinea Pay Back Figures.

Female and male gures that areanatomically correct with genitalia.Figures are a stylised image o aperson who had been killed.H. 39cm (both gures).$400-800

257

Malagan Frieze From New Ireland,Papua New Guinea. Used or storytelling. Brightly decorated with birdsand a central male head with seasnail opercula eyes. Originally romthe collection o Harold Gallasch(Australian Minerals, Adelaide, S.A.).Collected 1960s-1970s.H. 22cm, W. 130cm.$500-900

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Papua New Guinea Ancestor Figure.L. 234cm.$1000-2000

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259A Massive and Rare Early 19th C. Polynesian Tapa

Cloth, Gata Vakatoga o ne quality.Probably a royal marriage tapa; a room dividerolded up the centre to screen the bride and groomduring wedding ceremonies.

Prior to European contact, a complex exchangesystem existed between Tonga, Fiji and Samoa.Highly stratied Tongan society maintained chiey

marriage alliances with Samoa and Fiji.

This Tongan style o rubbing block patterned tapa isoverpainted with Samaon siapo dots and ramed ina traditional Fijian Masi Kesa border, probably romLau, Fiji. Traditionally made by women and thendecorated by men.

Displaying regional diversity with distinctive styles,the tapa combines eatures rom both Melanesia andPolynesia, particularly o Tonga and Samoa.

Provenance: From the Berryman Collection, theestate o the third generation, Australian antique

dealer. Originally collected rom the descendant oan early whaler.

W. 6.5m x L. 8m.

$20,000-30,000

For similar tapa design elements reer to Grammaro Ornamentby Owen Jones, London, 1856 plate I,patterns 2 and 9. Also see Tapa o the Pacifcby RogerNeich and Nick Pendergrast, p.24.

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