JUNE ANTIQUE & ART AUCTION Tuesday, 19 June 2018 - 9:30 AM start
An early 20thC Maori carved folk art warrior
Estimate: $600
Lot Details
in confronting semi-kneeling stance with taiaha poised, tongue extended and eyes wide, original dark red/brown staining with black, white and red painted highlights, raised upon a rectangular carved block base and four corner supports, paua eye inserts. Illustrated in the publication 'All Our Own Work, N.Z.'s Folk Art' by Richard Wolfe 1997, pg. 92. Note: the stance on this figure being very similar to that on the N.Z. one shilling coin, first issued 1933 and designed by George Kruger Gray. It is noted that his inspiration came from the Hector Medal, first awarded c.1912. Repair to left hand. 190 x 460 x 410mm.
