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Maori & Pacific Tribal Auction — Dunbar Sloane Ltd.

Auction House:Dunbar Sloane Ltd.Number of lots recorded:96
Sale Title:Maori & Pacific Tribal AuctionLots with images:32
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:85
Date:3-Dec-2014
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A c.1860 greenstone hei tiki hourglass hole. Greenstone is Bowenite. Length 7.9 cm.
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A 20th century greenstone kuru pendant, greenstone is Kahurangi. Silver clasp attached to upper end. Length 8.2 cm.
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A 19th century matau large fish hook of wood and paua shell and matau lashing. Ex New Plymouth collection length 14.5 cm.
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A 19th century matau fish hook of wood and paua shell, with bone point. Length 11 cm.
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A 19th century matau fish hook of wood and paua shell, with bone point. Length 12 cm.
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A ?th century Maori carved wooden feeding bowl. Bowl is shaped like a gourd. Pakati, haehae designs, with paua shell inlay. The bowl depicts four manaia and one tekoteko face. Length 38 cm, height 10 cm.
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A late 18th century fine quality stone patu onewa. Two chips to blade, three nice grooves to butt. Length 32.5 cm.
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A 19th century matau fish hook of wood and paua shell but missing bone point. Length 10 cm.
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A late 18th wooden bird feeder, dark coloured wood. Rare but worn, split on wide end. Length 66 cm.
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An 18th century patu arahe (fern root pounder). Very good example and rare. Length 35 cm.
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A late 18th century whale bone patu paraoa, a superb patu, in off-white cream, with some age. Six grooves to handle end. Weight 714.8g. Length 37.5 cm.
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A very large 18th century stone pounder of volcanic stone. Once giant size but top stone handle broken off apporximately 100 years ago. Length 32.5 cm.
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A 19th century tewhatewha (fighting staff), carved midsection, with paua shell eyes. Length 144 cm.
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A very good early 19th century taiaha (fighting staff), carved tongue and head, with four paua shell eyes. Weight 724.4g. Length 141 cm.
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A good early 19th century taiaha (fighting staff) carved tongue and head, with four paua shell eyes. Weight 909.8g. Length 138 cm.
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An early 19th century tewhatewha (fighting staff) long-handled club, with carved midsection. Red wax eyes. Weight 853.3g. Length 124 cm.
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A rare late 18th century patu Tuna (seal hitting club) grip shape handle, blade area narrows to a point. Weight 467.3g. Length 47 cm.
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A very good quality 19th century patiti (short handled weapon) carved tiki face at top and manaia head at the base butt., with whale bone handle and an iron mounted axe, maker William Gilpin 1860s imprinted into side of axe blade.
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18th century wooden adze handle, carved flat at top to have an adze lashed on. Has a small tiki head carved at the top. Weight 186.4g. Length 49 cm.
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Pre European kaheru (garden implement), dark coloured wood, shaped blade area, narrow handle, with rounded top. Weight 83.1g. Length 31 cm.
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19th century kakauroa (long handled axe), a rare long handled axe, in very good condition. Old metal axe head blade, with stamp. Carved Janus face at junction of blade and handle, with another Janus carved face, with paua shell eyes halfway down the handle (one paua eye missing). Length 129 cm. NB: a missionary steel axed head made, in Saltley mill, Birmingham, UK.
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An early 19th century taiaha, a superb taiaha, with carved tongue and paua shell eyes. Arero carved, with Rauponga and spiral design. Beautiful balance and a fine Maori weapon, in medium brown wood. Ex Webster collection no. 176 and 606, originally sold by Dunbar Sloane ex Miet collection, UK. Length 151 cm.
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A 19th century tewhatewha, mid brown wood, polished staff ends in a blunt point with a carved ridge 7 cm from the bottom. Length 111 cm. Provenance: has been, in the family since 1880s - first came to Timaru, NZ, in 1848. Great-grandfather of vendor moved to Dunedin 1883 and established friendship, with local Maori, and began collecting artefacts.
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A rare late 18th century greestone hei tiki, a dark greenstone, with white and brown scistose flaws. The head is especially large, with no neck, with an hourglass suspension hole. The eyes and limbs are deeply carved, with light carving at the mouth and shoulders. Well polished. Provenance: Ex AM Hughes collection. Auckland family firm, Hughes & Cossar Liquor. Hughes was an ex all Balck and prominent figure, in the racing industry. He purchased Maori artefacts from Dunbar Sloane Wellington over the years.…
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A quality 19th century maori fish hook, wood, paua shell, bone barb, string lashings, in very good condition overall. Length 9.2 cm.
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A rare 19th century greenstone hei tiki, greenstone is Kawakawa. The carving of this hei tiki is different, the neck is long and the body is a continuous smooth loop, with hourglass-shaped body holes. The oval head has shallow eye rings that are darkened, with high eyebrow grooves. The long thin nose leads to a simple heart-shaped mouth. Length 8.5 cm.
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A rare early 19th century greenstone hei tiki, the greenstone is a rich dark green with a shading flaw by the chin. The large hei tiki is thick, with deep carvings and a satiny smooth surface. The eyes are very large and the nose has a deep groove. There are ribs on the concave chest and sharp elbow corners. Three-fingered hands rest on hips, with deep oval holes marking the body. The feet are slightly marked. Provenance: from the Te Arewa region of Rotorua ?. Length 12 cm.
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A contact period ketu (weeding tool) kink, in grip handle. Ex Wagener Museum (Houhora, Northland) no. 5211. Blade 61 cm. Overall length 104 cm.
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An early 19th century ketu (agricultural tool) kin, in grip. Ex Wagener Museum (Houhora, Northland) no. 5220. Length 75 cm.
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A contact period ketu (agricultural tool), oblong cross section. Ex Wagener Museum (Houhora, Northland) no. 361. Length 181 cm.
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An early 19th century ketu (digging stick) wooden handle, with knob at the end. Ex Wagener Museum (Houhora, Northland) no. 5219. Length 86 cm. Needs a Y certificate.
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A rare contact period patu aruhe (fernroot beater), dense wood, flared butt, fine condition. Also Pangaru, in black ink. Ex Wagener Museum (Houhora, Northland) no. 5233. Length 37 cm.
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A pre European patu aruhe (fernroot beater). Well worn. Ex Wagener Museum (Houhora, Northland). Length 27 cm.
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A contact period patu aruhe (fernroot beater), wooden patu. Ex Wagener Museum (Houhora, Northland) no. 5230. Length 34 cm.
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A c.1840 whalebone patiti (short handled weapon), with steel axe head. Bone is worn and polished. Length 28 cm.
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A 19th century whalebone patu square hole, four grooves on butt. Length 35.5 cm.
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A c.1851 Maori carved musket, single barrel percussion 16-gauge shotgun, with beautifully carved stock bore. No gun licence required. Length 124 cm. No Y number required.
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A c.1900 tokotoko (walking stick), highly carved, with inlaid paua shell throughout. Length 95 cm.
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A 303 B14 long Tom rifle, with 20th century carved stock and butt, in the ngati Maniapoto style c.1940s. Gun licence required. Serial no. W230819.
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Early 19th century stone pounder, pitted volcanic stone, with top hand grip. Length 21.5 cm.
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A rare Maori stone lamp, with carved face, two eyes and a mouth. Dark volcanic stone, diameter 8.5 cm.
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A large 19th century toki (stone adze), some damage to blade edge. Length 26.5 cm.
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A 19th century greenstone toki (adze), good quality pounamu. Good cutting edge and suspension hole. Provenance: ex New Plymouth collection, with 'Manaia 1910' cellotaped on. Length 11 cm.
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A 19th century greenstone toki (adze), with bevelled cutting edge, nice example of a cutting tool. Length 105 cm.
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A 20th century Maori lidded kumete (food bowl) c.1950s. Length 45 cm.
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A cabinet of eight carved Maori Art pieces by superb master carver Rangi Redman, made in the 1970s from New Zealand kauri. the cabinet includes: three wooden & bone fish hooks; one wooden & greenstone ceremonial adze - toki pou tangata; one war canoe - waka Taua; one carved head - koruru; one treasure box - waka huia; one wooden 'R' label. the cabinet is made entirely without metal fastenings, with carved Maori motifs around the edges and three small drawers at the bottom. Accompanied by certificate of…
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Four rare early Maori samplers carved wooden panels c.1940s Used as teaching aids for student carvers at the Rotorua carving school. Carved double-sided and stained.
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Two rare early Maori wooden samplers as above carved double-sided but not stained.
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A contact period Maori stone pounder, with traces of tiki face on the butt c.1,800 together with a small greenstone chisel and Pacific Island comb.
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A stone toki (adze) dark grey basalt stone, possibly from the Styx region, north canterbury. Duff type 2A. Has been, in the vendor's family for three generations. Length 16.3 cm.
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A 19th/20th century greenstone tiki red wax eyes, with paua shell on top. Approx 9 cm.
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Large stone adze broken and glued together. Length 26 cm.
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A superb 20th century greenstone mere, with hourglass hole and three grooves. The greenstone quality is A1 (the best). Length 42 cm.
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A fine quality 20th century black pounamu mere, with hourglass hole and four grooves. Dark stone. Length 38 cm.
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A fine quality 20th century stone patu, with hourglass hole and three grooves to the butt. Length 34 cm.
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A 20th century greenstone mere, a quality stone, with waves of white washed through the greenstone. Length 38 cm.
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A 20th century whalebone mere, in mint condition. Length 40 cm.
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A Maori flax skirt c.1890-1920, Piupiu variety made, with twisted cords of natural and black dyed flax as well as yellow and blue wool, in excellent condition. Length 51 cm. Width 90 cm
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A Maori flax kete c.1890-1920 natural flax body, with loops of purple and dyed flax., in excellent condition. Length 16 cm. Width 17 cm. Y496.
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Four 19th century toki (stone adzes) 1. From Waitomo. Length 12.1 cm. 2. Length 11 cm. 3. Named but hard to read. Length 16.5 cm. 4. Length 12 cm.
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Four 19th century toki (stone adzes) 1. Length 18 cm. 2. Length 12.7 cm. 3. Length 10 cm. 4. Length 18 cm.
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Five 19th century toki from the New Plymouth collection, in very good condition. 1. Type 2, excellent condition. Length 17 cm. 2. Length 5 cm. 3. Length 6.5 cm. 4. Length 21 cm.
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Five objects from the New Plymouth collection four wind blown stones, in volcano shape (from the sand dune coast near Waverly), one cream coloured. and with a stone, with hole, in it (maybe used as a sinker). All natural formation.
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A 19th century whalebone spoon from the New Plymouth collection, beautifully made with a hole at the end. Maybe made by Maori or early white settler/missionary, c.1840s. Length 40 cm.
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Three Airtu Ahwito (Caterpillar Fungus). Considered sacred, used as an indelible dye, in tattooing. Burnt to a cinder and mixed, with dog fat and soot, the remains of which was carefuly preserved and handed down from father to Son. L 19 cm, 20.5 cm, 21 cm.
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Three Airtu Ahwito (Caterpillar Fungus). Considered sacred, used as an indelible dye, in tattooing. Burnt to a cinder and mixed, with dog fat and soot, the remains of which was carefuly preserved and handed down from father to Son. Length 18 cm, 19 cm, 22 cm.
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Three Airtu Ahwito (Caterpillar Fungus). Considered sacred, used as an indelible dye, in tattooing. Burnt to a cinder and mixed, with dog fat and soot, the remains of which was carefuly preserved and handed down from father to Son. Length 22.5 cm, 23.5 cm, 25.5 cm.
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Three Airtu Ahwito (Caterpillar Fungus). Considered sacred, used as an indelible dye, in tattooing. Burnt to a cinder and mixed, with dog fat and soot, the remains of which was carefuly preserved and handed down from father to Son. Length 18 cm, 19.5 cm, 23 cm.
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Jon Rangi, portrait of Te Hau Takiri Warepapa signed. Wharepapa was one of the last chiefs to cling to the ancient style of hair dress. He lived at Mangakahia, north Auckland. 29 x 22 cm.
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George French Angas, 'Ancient Carved Pataka, Waitahanui (Taupo)'. Details on reverse. 34 x 24 cm.
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George French Angas, 'Carved Pataka at Taupo' details on reverse. 31 x 25 cm.
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George French Angas, 'Boiling Springs Above Te Rapa, Maori Women Cooking Food C.1844', in 1846 the hillside slid away. More details on reverse. 34 x 27 cm.
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George French Angas, 'Warm Bathing Pool, Te Rapa, Taupo' more details on reverse. 26 x 37 cm.
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George French Angas, 'House at Taupo' more details on reverse. 24 x 33 cm.
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George French Angas, 'Ancient Carved House at Pari-Pari, Te Kuiti' This carved house and the whole pa was consequently abandoned, all decayed and disappeared. More details on reverse. 23 x 35 cm.
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George French Angas, 'Ancient Carvings at Raroere Pa Carved By 'Parinui' erected by Te Wherowhero' more details on reverse. 32 x 25 cm.
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George French Angus, four framed prints 'Mt Egmont War Canoe', 'Motupoi Pah From Roto-Aire Lake' (glass cracked), 'Te Heuheu's Old Pah, Lake Taupo', and 'Motupoi Pah, Rotoaire Lake'.
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Three framed photographs 'Patera-Ti-Tuhi', 'Whare Kauri', and 'Maori Chief, with Mere'.
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An intricately carved Maori wooden canoe prow 'Tauihu' by master carver James Rickard the two large spirals, in the centre are named Takarangi, taka meaning the curve and rangi is to divide. Celestial navigation relies on the navigators' understanding of certain constellations and the curvature of the earth. the curves have been divided to allow the sky to be seen and the figure bewteen is there to join the two spirals together. These pirals are symbolic of the four major ocean currents of the Pacific…
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A large carved Maori wooden sculpture of Rakamaomao by master carver James Rickard. the 'Cloak' is carved in a beak-like pattern while the head is of owl form. This carving tells the story of cult hero Tawhaki who scaled the heavens to consult his tupuna. on his journey Tawhaki noticed the gods using different feathers during certain ceremonies so he asked Rakamaomao's permission to take some of these sacred birds back to earth as gifts for his wife. the huia, Koekoea and the Kotuku were some of the birds…
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A large carved Maori wooden sculpture of Rongomatane by master carver James Rickard various paua inset eyes. Rogomatane is the god of food and peace. Exhibited at NZ Fashion Week 2006. Height 200 cm. Width 66 cm.
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A carved Maori wooden sculpture by master carver James Rickard, 'Koha' paua inset eyes. Length 142 cm. Width 40 cm.
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A superb-looking Sunafu African face mask Comes, with padded box for transport. Height 36 cm.
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An African Kifwebe face mask, comes, with padded box for transport. Height 36 cm.
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An African Dan face mask, with plaited string beard and brass bell height 54 cm (incl beard).
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A framed African textile 47 x 50 cm.
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A striking African wooden animal. Maybe a head dress, perhaps depicting an antelope. From a Hawkes Bay estate. Height 119 cm.
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An African wooden sculpture of a woman seated with a barrel on her head height 59 cm.
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Two old wooden African head rests one with traingle design, height 21 cm. One with twisted rope carrying handle height 16 cm.
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A Fijian wooden axe, in flax work decorative cover. 74 x 60 cm.
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A bone pointed stick from Papua New Guinea handle length 77 cm.
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A Solomon Islands spear length 98 cm.
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A Fijian carved bowl height 14 cm.
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A superb Fijian kava bowl on four legs. Diameter 86 cm.
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A Niue Island wooden model of a canoe c.1920, carved, in parts. Possibly bamboo hull. Length 137 cm.
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An early and rare Aboriginal wooden shield, with handgrip, one side ribbed and zigzag pattern. Overall good condition. Kalgoorlie region, Western Australia. Provenance: Collected by the vendor's grandfather c1900. Length 70 cm.
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