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Lot 38

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

21 November – 5 December 2024, 12:00 PST
Online, Los Angeles

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

hei tiki
Nephrite jade (pounamu
Height 3 3/8in (6.6cm)

Provenance
Wayne Heathcote, Brussels/London/New York
American Private Collection, acquired in 1994

Finely carved, certainly without the use of metal tools, from the inanga variety of New Zealand pounamu jade. The head tilts right and turns to its left with large circular eyes, inlays now missing, and large open grinning mouth revealing its teeth and tongue. The arched stylized muscular shoulders gracefully diminish in size, breaking at extended elbow elements with each muscular arm then resting on the thighs. Very smooth surface with rounded edges throughout, the top suspension hole worn through providing evidence of significant age and use.

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