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Property of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn being sold to benefit the Hawai'i Wildlife Center, Kapaau, Hawaii --
Lot 120

Neckrest, Tonga Island

12 May 2012, 13:00 EDT
New York

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Neckrest, Tonga Island

length 12 1/4in (31cm)
kali, carved from one piece of wood in classic shallow M form with bowed sides curving inward with bowed rest, the sides tapering slightly inwards from the feet, with a pair of brackets carved underneath the rest for support; extremely fine and smooth dark-brown patina.

Provenance:
Patrica Withofs, London
Mark and Carolyn Blackburn, Hawaii

Published:
Kaeppler, Adrienne, The Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art, (2011: fig. 147)

According to Kaeppler (2011: p 246), "During the nineteenth century, a curved one-piece form known as hahapo became popular and is still in use today. Two early depictions of hahapo are in the plates of Tongan artifacts from the visit of Bruny d'Entrecasteaux in 1793 and Dumont d'Urville in 1829. Hahapo are sometimes described as neckrests in a continuous shallow M form because of a vague resemblance to the letter M."

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