JEWELLERY, ANTIQUE AND ART AUCTION Tuesday, 26 March 2019 - 10:00 AM start

A 19thC whalebone heru (hair comb)

Realised: $325 plus premium

Lot Details

double sided, with two profile manaia cresting a koruru head above two divided blocks of tines, one block with the outer tine broken off. The face's eyes all with red sealing wax inlay. H.170mm Y20563 registered. From the Collection of Hannah Martha Dillon, née Carkeek (1881-1963).