New Collectors Oceanic & African Arts - Timed
Monday, 29 November - Monday, 6 December 2021
A Ngati Tarawhai photo frame. Carved in the form of a wharenui entrance. The amo with ancestral figures with inset paua shell eyes
Estimate $400 - $800
Realised: $850 plus premium
Lot Details
the mahi with side profile manaia centred by a koruru carved as a wheku head, the paepae with a conforming wheku head flanked by manaia. Raised on a separate stand inset with paua shell discs. 48cm width 38cm height Provenance: Collected in Rotorua in the 1920s
