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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 '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 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 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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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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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 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 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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A 19th century greenstone toki (adze), with bevelled cutting edge, nice example of a cutting tool. Length 105 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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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