JEWELLERY ANTIQUE ART AUCTION Tuesday, 19 May 2020 - 10:00 AM start
A rare calcified moa pelvis
Realised: $1,700 plus premium
Lot Details
displaying calcification suggesting this pelvis is at least 35,000 years old. L.470mm. Together with two other moa bones. Note: It is recorded that moa roamed New Zealand for millions of years until their extinction about 600 years ago. Provenance: Found by our vendor c.1963-65 on his Oparure family farm, south Waitomo district, when he was at high school.
