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Lot 39

Maori Canoe Paddle, New Zealand

13 November 2018, 11:00 EST
New York

US$30,000 - US$40,000

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Maori Canoe Paddle, New Zealand

hoe
height 63 1/2in (161.3cm)

Provenance
Wayne Heathcote
American Private Collection, acquired in 1994

Gilbert Archey notes, "the Maori preferred smoothness for deft handling, on weapon as well as on canoe paddle. Only a long steering paddle would be given a butt-knob decoration of a carved head or an open-work profile manaia." (Whaowhia - Maori Art and Its Artists, Collins, Auckland and London, 1977, p. 66)

An exceptional example, probably carved for a war canoe, with a long slender blade finely carved with a wavy shaft terminating with a handle carefully carved with an openwork manaia gymnast figure with an arched back, his head looking upwards and carved with Maori tattoo designs; fine dark brown glossy patina.

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