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A large hand cut slab of pounamu (nephrite),
Estimate: $5,000 - $6,000
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Lot Details
the slab shows unusual irregular cutting striations and undulations possibly from handheld wire cutting rather than blade cutting. The same technique evident to both faces. 395 x 210 x 20mm. Y20568 registered. From the Collection of Hannah Martha Dillon, née Carkeek (1881-1963). See lot online for an excerpt from ‘On the Working of Greenstone’. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.
Y CERT 20568.pdf (1 mb)
