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The Best of Florence Court, Day 3 — Dunbar Sloane Ltd.

Auction House:Dunbar Sloane Ltd.Number of lots recorded:226
Sale Title:The Best of Florence Court, Day 3Lots with images:79
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:199
Date:29-Jul-2009
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A very rare Maori whalebone comb (Heruiwi) pre-European/contact period with manaia bird decoration
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18th century Maori Stone Adze, Grey Mottled Colour, one chip on the leading edge. Length 17 cm Marked 'Ruakaka 28'. Y13909
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18th century Stone Adze, Green Colour with some chips. Length 21 cm Y13910
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Contact Period Maori Greenstone Adze rectangular shape, partial polish all surfaces, flake scars and 'saw and snap' cuts to each side, slight chip from bevel. Length 7 cm Y12783
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18th century Maori Stone Pounder marked 'Taranaki 1976'. Length 25 cm Y13908
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Contact period Maori stone sinker, 'Buoy' shape with hour glass hole for lashing, marked '207', speckled cream to light brown colour
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Contact Period Maori Stone Sinker, speckled cream to grey colour, missing hole. Length 8 cm Y13903
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Contact Period Maori Stone Sinker light grey colour with groove for lashing. Length 10 cm Y13901
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Contact Period/Pre-European Maori Stone Sinker of small size, dark grey colour with groove for lashing. Length 5.5 cm Y13906
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Contact Period Maori Stone Sinker, greygreen speckled colour with incomplete hole. Length 6.5 cm Y13905
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Pre-European Maori Sinker, Brown stone with hole for lashing, marked '199', brown colour. Length 7 cm Width 9 cm Y13907
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Maori Incised 'Story' Stone (probably late 17th/early 18th C) of chocolate brown colour, engraved designs on two sides, and the beginning of a hole in the top, (maybe part of a larger piece). Length 6 cm Y818
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Casting of a Very Rare Dog type Food Bowl, the original of which is held at the Auckland Museum (Cat. No. 47188). An extremely accurate cast by the Museum at the time that our vendor sold them the original 17th century wooden carved bowl into their care for $16,000 in 1976. Length 65 cm Width 29 cm No Y No. required
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Pre-European large archaic-form Maori wooden bowl rectangular shape with rounded edges, from a hollowed out tree trunk, two knobs for holding, base has been flattened to allow for stability, dark brown stain (and has probably been stored in a swamp)
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Maori pre-European small stone patu, tapering to knob end with three grooves and nicely formed hour glass hole
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Maori large whalebone patu, circa 1790-1820 (contact period) with honeycomb formation caused by the marrow coming out of the bone on each side and running up one edge to the knob end, which has three grooves
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South Pacific Wooden Pigment Spoon with shortened tapering handle and well formed bowl, probably 18th century Length 15.5 cm No Y number required
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Pre-European Maori Greenstone Ear Pendant (Kuru) with traditional hole for suspension. Circular cross-section, tapered to point of light green pounamu. Length 7.4 cm Y12784. (No provenance known, but has been passed down family line.)
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Small 20th century Greenstone Tiki with remains of red wax eyes. No Y number required. Length 5.5 cm
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Contact-period Maori Greenstone Chisel (probably has been too close to a fire). Length 5.6 cm Y854
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A beautiful small pre-European Maori greenstone tiki with two wear holes, (one damaged), dark green pounamu
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Maori greenstone 'Hockey stick' pendant (probably 18th C). Very good colouring, some flaking to the top of the hole on reverse. Length 12 cm
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18th century Maori Elongated Oval Shaped Pendant with elongated hole. Good quality greenstone. Length 7.5 cm Y13842
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18th century Translucent Maori Greenstone Pendant with small hole and tapered point, flaked on reverse. Length 6 cm Y13843
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A Rare Maori Triangular Paua Shell Pendant Contact period/19th century with serrated edge decoration on two sides and with two holes at the top, may have been a scraper. Length 4.5 cm Y13844
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18th century Maori Whalebone Cloak Pin, hockey stick shape and polished, circular cross section tapering to point. Length 13 cm Y13839
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A Maori Greenstone Tiki, Contact Period, c. 1820 good greenstone colour, wear hole. Length 7.5 cm Y13845
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A good quality 19th century greenstone tiki with hourglass thong hole and red wax eyes
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18th century Slender Maori Whalebone Needle with hole at one end. Length 8.7 cm Y853
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17th/18th century carved Maori fragment of a post, semi circular, red stained wood with middle flattened section plain and two carved figures on either side. Partially rotted with tiki figure on top left with some facial carving apparent on left cheek, figure of 8-shaped mouth, hands on abdomen and lower body with male appendage and turned in legs and a carved 'Weku' figure standing below, the top figure on the right hand side is partially rotted, but hands are on the stomach and legs turned inwards, with…
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Early 19th century Pair Maori Weaving Sticks from the Waikato region, both dark stained, different knob ends. Length 36.5 cm and 31 cm Y13854 pair
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Early 19th century Pair Maori Weaving Sticks of longer length, one curved and two different lengths, but similar knob ends. Length 55 cm and 43 cm Y13855 pair
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17th/18th century Maori wooden beater with carved head decoration at the butt end, glossy dark brown patina
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Maori wooden boundary marker post, probably 17th century, with decoration of eyes, nose and mouth (primitive carving) at the top and tapering to a pointed base, dark brown stain. From the North Island
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19th century Orator's Stick of Primitive Form (South Pacific Islands) with notched edges and grooves on reverse. Length 71 cm No Y No. allocated
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A Very Rare 18th century Maori Composite Wooden Adze Haft from the Waikato Lakes area. Grooved decoration to the short handle. Length 23 cm Y13911
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18th century Maori Wooden Adze Handle (no adze) Length 38 cm Old notch in one side. Y13850
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Large Greenstone Mere of ususual colour, 4 grooves to butt end. Length 34 cm
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Large and Heavy Contemporary Greenstone Tiki with serrated paua shell eyes. Length 15 cm No Y number required
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19th century Maori kiwi feather kete in good condition, plaited flax handles and edging, believed to be from the coromandel region
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Late 19th century Maori Carved Pipe by Tom Heberley with 9ct. Gold rim and band. Made by Length Christenson and marked [L.C.] and [G.P.] Bowl is a carved face, two curved ear pendants, facial tattoo carving, paua shell eyes and from the mouth a lizard snakes itself around the shaft, his eyes set with small red stones. Good hair delineation and a fringe below the gold rim. Length 14 cm Y13847
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Contemporary Greenstone Tiki with serrated paua shell eyes. Length 10.5 cm No Y number required
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Greenstone Hei Tiki looking to the right, mottled colour, with original 'William Todd & Co. Ltd., Invercargill' receipt and tag. Length 8.5 cm Y1501
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Late 19th century Greenstone Hei Tiki looking to the left, red infill eyes. Length 65 mm. Y13483
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Greenstone Adze rounded cross-section, partial polish. Length 11 cm Y13482
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Greenstone Adze with single cutting groove. Appears to be 'work in progress' from a broken adze. Length 12.5 cm Y13481
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Two Stone Adzes (1) Smooth rounded top edge and sides, L.11.5 cm Y11442. (2) Sharp blade, rounded top. Length 11.5 cm Y11440
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Two Stone Adzes (1) Dark colour, some chipping. Length 11 cm Y11441. (2) Light colour, short oblong shape, few chips. Length 11 cm Y11443
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Large Good Quality 18th century Stone Adze of dark colour, smooth all over, rounded shape at top, sharp edge. Length 19 cm Y11444
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18th C Quality Stone Patu of light colour, smooth shape all over with rounded bottom edge. Four ridges at top end, hour glass hole at top of butt shows drilling from inner to outer. Length 32 cm Y11445
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20th century Greenstone Mere of beautiful green colour. Butt end (tapers to a point) has 4 grooves and slightly unusual hand grip. Length 33 cm No Y No. allocated
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A Superb Quality Greenstone Peka Peka c1790- 1820 period. Little repair to loop. Length 6 cm Y13841
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Beautifully Carved Maori Walking Stick of 6 sections. The top knob is of a clenched fist with inserts of paua shell in triangular shapes at the wrist. Below that is a carved Maori figure, facial tatoos, paua shell eyes and holding a mere, (paua shell missing). Third band is of triangular shaped decoration with carved tiki face, above two carved bands and then tapering down to a plain band with small section of carving. Length 87.5 cm Y13849
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Large Contemporary Pekapeka with paua shell eye. Length 17 cm No Y number required
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Maori Staff. Presented to Francis Worcester Stubbs, the exact date unknown, but it is known that it was made for him on his retirement as Town Clerk for Geraldine approx. 1884. He held this position for 20 years. Francis Worcester Stubbs was the first white man to take stock through to Timaru. He arrived in Lyttelton in 1852. For 5 years he worked for Rhodes Bros, Timaru and took stock through on several occasions. He managed the Harris and Innes Station at Pareora, Timaru for 5 years. He had a run in the…
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A rare and a fine 19th century carved Maori wooden kumete by a master carver (unknown). Two Maori tiki figures support a carved bowl with paua shell eyes
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Pair of Folk Art hand-painted Candle Holders Height 18 cm
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Rare, finely carved 20th century Maori writing desk set with two glass inkwells and two tiki figures alongside, set with paua shell eyes
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Carved Wooden Maori Panel (some wood deterioration on the back). Length 85 cm Width 22 cm No Y No. allocated
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Maori Cloak (Korowai) with muka kaupapa of double-pair twining. Tags in black wool interspersed across entire front surface. Decorative pattern of horizontal lines of red, white, yellow and black wool. Some staining to reverse side of cloak. Length 147 cm Width 146 cm Y13831
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20th century Greenstone Adze of good colour and shape (mint condition). Length 14 cm No Y number
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Two Door Carvings with Lintel (Pare) The door carvings were carved at the Maori Arts and Crafts Centre in Rotorua c. 1960 under the supervision of the late Hone Taiapa, Obe, Master Carver, and are of very good quality, being carved in clean heart Totara from the Taupo district, with paua shell eyes from Taranaki. Note that the central figure of the Korupe is a female figure. The two architraves are of Taranaki design. The top of the heads depict Mt. Egmont (Mt. Taranaki). The serpentine part of the…
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Two Door Carvings (Architraves) but no lintel, carved in the 1960s. Height 207 cm Width 15 cm (Each)
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A well carved wooden diorama, 1900 that depicts domestic life in a Maori pa and consists of several figures with a Maori woman 'Laying Down the Law' to a younger woman with a baby on her back. The male figures are treating it as a good joke. The carving shows a sow (poaka) suckling it's litter, a dog (kuri), owls (ruru) on one side and two pigeons (kereru) on the opposite side. There is a stream in front with a waka and as the carving is three dimensional, it has mountains in the background and a meeting…
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Two Small Wooden Carved Maori (Amo) Uprights carved for the opening of Queen Victoria School for Maori Girls in Parnell, Auckland. Height 104 cm Width 29 cm each. Y13864/Y13865
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Old and rare carved Maori wooden tiki face (Kororu) and small tiki figure, probably the apex of a meeting house
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Carved Wooden Maori Panel (Pou Pou) made about 1902 for the opening of Queen Victoria School for Maori Girls, Parnell, Auckland. Height 104 cm Width 30 cm Y13866
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Late Contact Period Rare Wooden Tekoteko Figure carved 19th century Another piece from the Queen Victoria School, however, this carving was made some considerable time before 1902. Height 84 cm Y13863
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Two Carved Maori Wooden Uprights (Amos) carved around 1902 for the Queen Victoria School for Maori Girls, Parnell, Auckland. Height 136 cm Width 29 cm Each. Y13867/Y13868
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Maori Wooden Carved (Amo) Upright carved around 1902 for the Queen Victoria School for Maori Girls, Parnell, Auckland. Height 210 cm Width 30 cm Y13869
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Carved Wooden Maori Lintel (Pare) for above a door. Carved around 1902 for the Queen Victoria School for Maori Girls, Parnell, Auckland. Length 161 cm Width 15 cm Y13870
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Carved Maori folk art coffee table c. 1920/1930 with 2 tiki figures and masks, all set with paua shell eyes. Length 98 cm. Width 50 cm. Height 43 cm
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Maori Flax Cloak double pair twining. Evidence of tags but now gone, red and black wool on the top fringe, with lower fringe plain. Areas of staining across the surface. Length 119 cm Width 143 cm Y13832
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Maori kumete (Food Bowl), three upright carved tiki figures form the legs. Carved tiki lid, paua shell eyes inset in all figures. Depth 26 cm Height 17 cm
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Maori kumete (Food Bowl), two seated tiki figures holding a bowl carved as a tiki face. Length 25 cm Height 16 cm
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Carved Maori lintel of central tiki figure (female) and a manaia head to either side. Initialled on reverse (HR). Length 60 cm. Height 24 cm
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Kororu Mask with paua shell eyes. Initialled [W] on reverse. Length 32.5 cm
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Carved Wooden Waka Huia, no lid. Length 48 cm
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Carved Tiki Panel with carved tiki below. Height 58.5 cm
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Wooden Patu with carved manaia head at butt end. Length 40 cm
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Carved Wahaika carved figure mid section. Length 40.5 cm
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Carved Mask (Kororu) Height 28 cm
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Carved Tekoteko hands entwined on abdomen, smaller figure below. Height 59 cm
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Carved Manaia with paua shell eyes. Height 33.5 cm
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Three Marakihou Panels Length 50.5 cm, 43.5 cm and 39.5 cm
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Book, Maori Patterns Painted and Carved by Menzies a very hard to find book, tear on back cover
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Three 20th century Maori Souvenir Dolls all dressed with piu piu skirts and wearing feather cloaks, one with poi and two with babies tucked on their backs and moko to the chin. Height 18, 21 cm
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20th century Maori Dolls one larger. All dressed in costume and feather cloaks, smaller dolls with facial moko. Height 15 cm (2) and 26 cm
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Pair of 20th century Folk Art Maori Book Ends with tiki figures and manaia heads, bead carving and set with paua shell eyes. Height 17 cm
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Round Leather Hat Box with Maori Motif on Lid
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Eric Spencer Macky, High Born Maori Lady Kiri Matao of the Ngati Whakaue. Oil on Fabric Signed Csm and dated 1937 28 x 24 cm
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20th century 'Rotating' Adze for Hafting, South Pacific Islands, wooden handle with plaited collar. Length 41 cm
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Carved Wooden God-like Figure c. 1830 Height 15 cm
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Late 19th century Fijian club (Ula) with carved grip
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Unusual Wooden Ceremonial-type Club (probably African) with raised teeth like projections in 3 sections, a hole at the top (possibly for putting stones in for noise), and area for spike (?) at the rear of the circular head. Length 60 cm
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Heavy African Wooden Bowl Length 37 cm
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Very Long Fijian Club made from a natural tree branch of very hard wood. Cut off extrusions have been rasped to squared off points. Length 107 cm
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Carved ceremonial Tongan club
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Small Pacific Islands Club Length 30 cm
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The Journal of Captain. Tilly on board the 'Southern cross' schooner, dating from July 1865 to September 1872. Includes weather reports, accounts of daily shipboard life, references to Bishop Patteson's activities and personal insights whilst travelling the Pacific. Captain Tilly, a Royal naval officer, came to the Pacific and New Zealand on the H.M.S. Cordelia as a Sub-Lieutenant. While in the Solomon Islands, he met Bishop Patteson, head of the Melanesian Mission. Bishop Patteson offered him the job of…
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