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Lot 111

Superb Maori Anthropomorphic Pendant, New Zealand, ca. 1600-1850

11 May 2021, 11:00 EDT
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Superb Maori Anthropomorphic Pendant, New Zealand, ca. 1600-1850

hei-tiki
height 3 1/4in (9.5cm)

Provenance
Admiral Edward Stanley, Captain of HMS Calliope during the New Zealand Wars from 1845 to 1846
Thence by descent

The HMS Calliope left England in August 1845 and arrived at Hobart in early December to relieve HMS North Star. HMS Calliope was stationed in New Zealand for two and a half years and saw action in the Northern War and the Wellington War. It returned for England in August 1848. A memorial in Bolton Street Memorial Park in central Wellington contains a memorial to six marines and sailors of the HMS Calliope who died int 1846-47.

A compact and powerfully stone-carved example in green pounamu, most likely of the inanga variety from Westland, carved overall with much dimension and muscularity, the head turned to the left with large eyes, clearly defined nose and open mouth, the arms with broad shoulders bent at the elbows and resting on the thighs with large, defined fingers; the top suspension hole worn through indicative of much use and age. This wonderful hei tiki has remained in the family for close to one hundred seventy-five years and through four generations.

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