A Fine Maori Rotorua house board, Maori; New Zealand
The board powerfully and beautifully carved in high relief with a figure with classical Maori face with large eyes and projecting tongue, with fish-like body; the whole covered with scale-patterns and Maori spiraling design motifs, the background with curvilinear patterns. Exceptional and powerful carving. H. 45"
Comments: Property of an East Coast private collection
Provenance: S. Barton Babbage, Wellington, New Zealand