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Lot 38

Maori Storehouse Door Jamb, New Zealand

13 November 2018, 11:00 EST
New York

US$60,000 - US$90,000

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Maori Storehouse Door Jamb, New Zealand

whakawae
height 33 1/2in (85cm)

Provenance
English Private Collection
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Terrance Barrow, Ph.D. notes, "Storehouses (pataka) ranked with superior carved houses as the most important structures in a village. The best available carving talent was lavished on them and their carvings were prized by the community.[. . .] Pataka were used as foodstores but had a variety of other uses, including that of safeguarding rare and valued possession." (Maori Wood Sculpture of New Zealand, Charles E. Tuttle Co, 1969, p. 115)

The tall and narrowly carved architectural element from an elevated storage house (pataka), depicting two tiki figures carved in high relief, each with enlarged foreheads above circular eyes inlaid with paua shells, broad open mouths with tongues sticking out and downwards, each three-fingered hand resting on their respective abdomens; dark brown patina with wear to surface indicative of significant age.

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